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bayhaqi:2253 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Hishām b. Malās al-Numayrī > Ḥarmalah b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Juhanī > ʿAmmī ʿAbd al-Malik b. al-Rabīʿ b. Sabrah from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] "On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he said: Command your children to pray at the age of seven and discipline them for it at the age of ten. This was narrated by Ibrahim bin Saad from Abd al-Malik bin al-Rabi."

البيهقي:٢٢٥٣ – وَذَلِكَ فِيمَا أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هِشَامِ بْنِ مَلَاسٍ النُّمَيْرِيُّ ثنا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الْجُهَنِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي عَمِّي عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ سَبْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مُرُوا الصَّبِيَّ بِالصَّلَاةِ ابْنَ سَبْعٍ وَاضْرِبُوهُ عَلَيْهَا ابْنَ عَشْرٍ تَابَعَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ

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tirmidhi:407 – ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ḥarmalah b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. al-Rabīʿ b. Sabrah al-Juhanī from his uncle ʿAbd al-Malik b. al-Rabīʿ b. Sabrah from his father from his grandfather

Messenger of Allah (S) said: "Teach the boy Salat when he is seven years old, and beat him (if he does not pray) when he is ten."

الترمذي:٤٠٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ سَبْرَةَ الْجُهَنِيُّ عَنْ عَمِّهِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ سَبْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلِّمُوا الصَّبِيَّ الصَّلاَةَ ابْنَ سَبْعِ سِنِينَ وَاضْرِبُوهُ عَلَيْهَا ابْنَ عَشْرٍ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ سَبْرَةَ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَعَلَيْهِ الْعَمَلُ عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَبِهِ يَقُولُ أَحْمَدُ وَإِسْحَاقُ وَقَالاَ مَا تَرَكَ الْغُلاَمُ بَعْدَ الْعَشْرِ مِنَ الصَّلاَةِ فَإِنَّهُ يُعِيدُ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَسَبْرَةُ هُوَ ابْنُ مَعْبَدٍ الْجُهَنِيُّ وَيُقَالَ هُوَ ابْنُ عَوْسَجَةَ