The duty of fathers and mothers to teach children purification and prayer

Amr bin Shu'ayb narrates from his father, and he from his grandfather (may Allah be pleased with them both), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Command your children to pray at the age of seven, and at the age of ten make them pray, even by smacking them, and separate their beds."

Hisham bin Sa'd (may Allah have mercy on him) says: We went to Mu'adh bin Abdullah al-Juhani (may Allah have mercy on him), and he said to his wife: When should a child pray? She said: A man [among us] used to narrate from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that when he (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about this, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When he can tell his right hand from his left, command him to pray."

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Make your children keep up their prayers, and make them accustomed to good, for goodness comes through habit.

Abu al-Ahwas (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him): Make your children keep up their prayers, and teach them good, for goodness comes through habit.
Ja'far bin Awn differed from him: he narrated it from Abu al-Umays, from al-Qasim, from Abdullah, as mursal.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Make your children keep up their prayers.

Ayyub bin Musa narrates from his father, and he from his grandfather (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No father gives his child a gift better than good manners."
It is mursal. Al-Bukhari said: His grandfather's hearing from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is not established.

Uthman al-Hatibi says: I heard Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) saying to a man: Teach your son good manners, for you will be asked about your child: what manners did you teach him, and what did you teach him? And he will be asked about his goodness and obedience to you.

Sa'id bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) says: When I have educated my children, married them off and made them capable, then I have fulfilled their right, and my right over them remains.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) used to pray the Isha prayer with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), then go to Banu Salimah and lead them in the Isha prayer. The narrator says: One day the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) delayed the Isha prayer. Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) prayed with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), then he went back and led his people in prayer, and in it he recited Surah al-Baqarah. A man separated himself and prayed on his own. They said: "Have you become a hypocrite?" He said: "No, I will go to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)," and he went and said: "O Messenger of Allah! You (peace and blessings be upon him) delayed the prayer, and Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) prayed with you, then came back and led us, and he began Surah al-Baqarah. When I saw that, I stepped back and prayed on my own. We are only people who draw water, working with our own hands." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned to Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "O Mu'adh! Are you one who causes trial (fitnah)? O Mu'adh! Are you one who causes trial? Recite such-and-such a surah."