المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية
Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah
كتاب الصلاة
Book of Prayer
بَابُ مَتَى يُؤْمَرُ الصَّبِيُّ بِالصَّلَاةِ
When a child is to be told to pray
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قَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ : حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى ، ثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ ، قَالَ : إِنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ أَبِي هِلَالٍ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ ، قَالَ : سَأَلْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الصِّبْيَانِ ؟ قَالَ : " إِذَا عَرَفَ أَحَدُهُمْ يَمِينَهُ مِنْ شِمَالِهِ فَمُرُوهُ بِالصَّلَاةِ " .
A man narrates from his paternal uncle that he said: We asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about when children should begin to pray, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When any of them can distinguish his right hand from his left (that is, reaches the age of discernment), then order him to pray."
The chain of this narration contains an unnamed (unknown) narrator, and Ibn Lahi'ah has also been declared weak because of the weakness of his memory.
The chain of this narration contains an unnamed (unknown) narrator, and Ibn Lahi'ah has also been declared weak because of the weakness of his memory.
وَقَالَ الْحَارِثُ : حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ الْمُحَبَّرِ ، ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ ثُمَامَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مُرُوهُمْ بِالصَّلَاةِ [لِسَبْعٍ ، وَاضْرِبُوهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لِثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ " .
دَاوُدُ مَتْرُوكٌ ، وَقَدْ خَالَفَ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ سَنَدًا وَمَتْنًا ] .
دَاوُدُ مَتْرُوكٌ ، وَقَدْ خَالَفَ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ سَنَدًا وَمَتْنًا ] .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Order your children to perform prayer at the age of seven, and when they reach the age of thirteen (and are lax in prayer), discipline them for it."
The narrator Dawud is matruk (abandoned), and he contradicted the other reliable narrations in both the chain and the text of this hadith.
The narrator Dawud is matruk (abandoned), and he contradicted the other reliable narrations in both the chain and the text of this hadith.
