Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As
Command your children to pray when they are seven years old, and discipline them for it when they are ten, and separate them in their beds.
Sunan Abi Dawud 495
What this hadith teaches
Parents carry the duty of raising children on the prayer. Starting at seven, with patience and good example, makes it a lifelong habit before it becomes an obligation at puberty.
Reference and grade
- Found in
- Grade
- Hasan (al-Albani)
- Narrator
- Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As
- Chapter
- Why prayer matters
The hadith in Arabic نص الحديث
مُرُوا أَوْلاَدَكُمْ بِالصَّلاَةِ وَهُمْ أَبْنَاءُ سَبْعِ سِنِينَ وَاضْرِبُوهُمْ عَلَيْهَا وَهُمْ أَبْنَاءُ عَشْرِ سِنِينَ وَفَرِّقُوا بَيْنَهُمْ فِي الْمَضَاجِعِ
Arabic text of Sunan Abi Dawud 495, as given on sunnah.com.