Chapter on the Ages That Children Are Commanded to Pray
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 18
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ اَلْعَلَوِيِّ عَنِ اَلْعَمْرَكِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلْغُلاَمِ مَتَى يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ اَلصَّوْمُ وَ اَلصَّلاَةُ قَالَ« إِذَا رَاهَقَ اَلْحُلُمَ وَ عَرَفَ اَلصَّلاَةَ وَ اَلصَّوْمَ»
Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Mahbub, from Muhammad ibn Ahmad Al-‘Alawi, from Al-‘Amraki, from Ali ibn Ja‘far, from his brother Musa, peace be upon him, who said:
I asked Imam عليه السلام: “At what point is fasting and prayer obligatory upon a boy?” Imam عليه السلام said: "When he approaches puberty and understands prayer and fasting."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 410
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