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bayhaqi:5092Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ b. Hāniʾ > Sahl b. Mihrān al-Daqqāq > ʿAbdullāh b. Bakr al-Sahmī > Sawwār b. Dāwud Abū Ḥamzah > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Command children to pray at the age of seven and discipline them for it at the age of ten, and separate them in their beds."  

البيهقي:٥٠٩٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ ثنا سَهْلُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ الدَّقَّاقُ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ بَكْرٍ السَّهْمِيُّ ثنا سَوَّارُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ أَبُو حَمْزَةَ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُرُوا الصِّبْيَانَ بِالصَّلَاةِ لِسَبْعِ سِنِينَ وَاضْرِبُوهُمْ عَلَيْهَا فِي عَشْرٍ وَفَرِّقُوا بَيْنَهُمْ فِي الْمَضَاجِعِ  


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abudawud:495Muʾammal b. Hishām / al-Yashkurī > Ismāʿīl > Sawwār Abū Ḥamzah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Command your children to pray when they become seven years old, and beat them for it (prayer) when they become ten years old; and arrange their beds (to sleep) separately.  

أبو داود:٤٩٥حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ يَعْنِي الْيَشْكُرِيَّ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ سَوَّارٍ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَهُوَ سَوَّارُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ أَبُو حَمْزَةَ الْمُزَنِيُّ الصَّيْرَفِيُّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُرُوا أَوْلاَدَكُمْ بِالصَّلاَةِ وَهُمْ أَبْنَاءُ سَبْعِ سِنِينَ وَاضْرِبُوهُمْ عَلَيْهَا وَهُمْ أَبْنَاءُ عَشْرِ سِنِينَ وَفَرِّقُوا بَيْنَهُمْ فِي الْمَضَاجِعِ  

ahmad:6689Wakīʿ > Sawwār b. Dāwud > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] The messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Command your children to pray when they reach the age of seven, and discipline them for it when they reach the age of ten, and separate their sleeping arrangements."  

أحمد:٦٦٨٩حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سَوَّارُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُرُوا صِبْيَانَكُمْ بِالصَّلَاةِإِذَا بَلَغُوا سَبْعًا وَاضْرِبُوهُمْ عَلَيْهَا إِذَا بَلَغُوا عَشْرًا وَفَرِّقُوا بَيْنَهُمْ فِي الْمَضَاجِعِ  

bayhaqi:5091Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Ṭāhir al-Faqīh Waʾabū Zakariyyā b. Abū Isḥāq al-Muzakkī Waʾabū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam al-Miṣrī > Ḥarmalah b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. al-Rabīʿ b. Sabrah 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." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 407)   

البيهقي:٥٠٩١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ وَأَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْمُزَكِّي وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالُوا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ سَبْرَةَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ سَبْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلِّمُوا الصَّبِيَّ الصَّلَاةَ ابْنَ سَبْعِ سِنِينَ وَاضْرِبُوهُ عَلَيْهَا ابْنَ عَشْرٍ  

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"عَلِّمُوا أَوْلادَكُم الصَّلاةَ إِذا بَلَغُوا سَبعًا، واضْرِبوهُم عَلَيهَا إِذَا بَلَغُوا عَشْرًا، وَفَرِّقُوا بَينَهُم في الْمَضَاجع".  

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