Chapter on the Additions
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 22
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ اِبْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنِ اَلْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنِ اَلصَّلاَةِ عَلَى اَلصَّبِيِّ مَتَى يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ قَالَ« إِذَا عَقَلَ اَلصَّلاَةَ» قُلْتُ مَتَى تَجِبُ اَلصَّلاَةُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ« إِذَا كَانَ اِبْنَ سِتِّ سِنِينَ وَ اَلصِّيَامُ إِذَا أَطَاقَهُ»
Muhammad ibn Yaqub narrated from Ali ibn Ibrahim from his father from Ibn Abi Umayr from Hammad ibn Uthman from al-Halabi from Zurarah from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him:
Imam al-Sadiq عليه السلام was asked about the prayer (Salat Al Mayyit) over a child, when is it to be performed over him? Imam عليه السلام said: “When he comprehends the prayer.” I asked: “When does the prayer become obligatory over him?” Imam عليه السلام said: “When he is six years old, and fasting is when he is able to bear it.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 218
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 308