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13 Jumada I 1448 AH

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Majma al-Zawaid 1626 — Commanding a child to pray

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " عَلِّمُوا أَوْلَادَكُمُ الصَّلَاةَ إِذَا بَلَغُوا سَبْعًا ، وَاضْرِبُوهُمْ عَلَيْهَا إِذَا بَلَغُوا عَشْرًا ، وَفَرِّقُوا بَيْنَهُمْ فِي الْمَضَاجِعِ " .
رَوَاهُ الْبَزَّارُ ، وَفِيهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْعَوْفِيُّ ، قِيلَ فِيهِ : لَيِّنُ الْحَدِيثِ وَنَحْوُ ذَلِكَ ، وَلَمْ أَجِدْ مَنْ وَثَّقَهُ .
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Teach your children the prayer when they reach seven years of age; and when they reach ten years, beat them for (abandoning) the prayer, and separate their beds."
Al-Bazzar recorded it; its chain contains Muhammad bin al-Hasan al-Awfi, about whom it has been said that he is weak in hadith, or words to that effect. I have not found anyone who declared him trustworthy.
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الصلاة / 1626
Hadith Grading محدثین: إسنادہ ضعیف

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