The Executor of the Will Hands over the Assets of Children who were Small, now Adults, but they Refuse to Take Charge, the Children who Become Adults but are not Found to be of Proper Understanding, the Limit of Adulthood

Al-Kāfi|Volume 7|Book 1|Chapter 39
Al-Kāfi

Volume 7, Book 1, Chapter 39

The Executor of the Will Hands over the Assets of Children who were Small, now Adults, but they Refuse to Take Charge, the Children who Become Adults but are not Found to be of Proper Understanding, the Limit of Adulthood

8- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَدَائِنِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ بَيَّاعِ الْهَرَوِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عِيسَى بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ يَثَّغِرُ الصَّبِيُّ لِسَبْعٍ وَيُؤْمَرُ بِالصَّلاةِ لِتِسْعٍ وَيُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَهُمْ فِي الْمَضَاجِعِ لِعَشْرٍ وَيَحْتَلِمُ لأرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ وَيَنْتَهِي طُولُهُ لإحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً وَيَنْتَهِي عَقْلُهُ لِثَمَانٍ وَعِشْرِينَ إِلا التَّجَارِبَ.
8. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from abu Muhammad al-Mada'iniy from Ali ibn Habib, Bayya’ al-Harawiy, who has said that ‘Isa ibn Zayd narrated from Abu ‘Abdillah عليه السلام who has said, “Amir al-Mu’minin عليه السلام has said, ‘A child teethes at the seventh year; he must be instructed to perform Salat (prayer) at the ninth; their bed must be separated at the tenth; experiences wet-dream at the fourteenth; his growth stops at twenty-one and growth of his reasoning ability stops at twenty-eight except experience.’”
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