Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 17555

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) transmits this as a marfu' hadith: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Until a child reaches puberty, whatever good he does, its reward is recorded for his father (the narrator is unsure, or perhaps the words are:) for his parents; and whatever evil the child does, that evil is recorded neither against the child nor against his parents. When the child reaches puberty, the Pen begins to record against him, and the guardian angels who are with him are ordered to guard him and to be strict. Then when the person reaches forty years of age as a Muslim, Allah Almighty protects him from three kinds of afflictions: insanity, leprosy and leucoderma. When he becomes fifty, Allah Almighty lightens his reckoning. When he becomes 60, Allah Almighty grants him turning to Him in the way He loves. When he becomes seventy, the inhabitants of the heavens begin to love him. When he becomes eighty, Allah Almighty has his good deeds recorded and overlooks his bad deeds. When he becomes 90, Allah Almighty forgives his past and future sins, grants him intercession for the members of his household, and he is the captive of Allah Almighty on His earth. And when he reaches the most decrepit age, so that he comes to know nothing after having had knowledge, Allah Almighty records for him a reward like the good deeds he used to do in his time of health, but whatever evil he does is not recorded."