Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى اَلْخَزَّازُ عَنْ غِيَاثِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ صَلَوَاتُُ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ: "مُبَاشَرَةُ اَلْمَرْأَةِ اِبْنَتَهَا إِذَا بَلَغَتْ سِتَّ سِنِينَ شُعْبَةٌ مِنَ اَلزِّنَا".

Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Khazzaz narrated from Ghiyath ibn Ibrahim, from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (a.s) from his father, Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (a.s), who said: "Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s) said: "A woman touching her daughter in an inappropriate manner once she has reached six years of age is a form of indecency (a branch of fornication)."

وَ رَوَى عَبْدُ اَللَّهِ بْنُ يَحْيَى اَلْكَاهِلِيُّ قَالَ سَأَلَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ اَلنُّعْمَانِ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فَقَالَ لَهُ عِنْدِي جُوَيْرِيَةٌ لَيْسَ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَهَا رَحِمٌ وَ لَهَا سِتُّ سِنِينَ قَالَ "لاَ تَضَعْهَا فِي حَجْرِكَ".

Abdullah ibn Yahya al-Kahili narrated that Ahmad ibn al-Numan asked Abu Abdillah (a.s): "I have a young bondwoman who is not related to me by blood, and she is six years old." Imam (a.s) said: "Do not place her in your lap."

وَ رَوَى أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنِ اَلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "يُؤْخَذُ اَلْغُلاَمُ بِالصَّلاَةِ وَ هُوَ اِبْنُ سَبْعِ سِنِينَ وَ لاَ تُغَطِّي اَلْمَرْأَةُ شَعْرَهَا مِنْهُ حَتَّى يَحْتَلِمَ".

Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr narrated from Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha (a.s), who said: "A boy is instructed to perform prayer when he is seven years old, and a woman is not required to cover her hair in front of him until he reaches puberty."

وَ رُوِيَ: "أَنَّهُ يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَ اَلصِّبْيَانِ فِي اَلْمَضَاجِعِ لِسِتِّ سِنِينَ".

It is narrated: "Children should be separated in their sleeping arrangements at the age of six years."

وَ رَوَى عَبْدُ اَللَّهِ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَلَيْهِمُ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: "اَلصَّبِيُّ وَ اَلصَّبِيُّ وَ اَلصَّبِيُّ وَ اَلصَّبِيَّةُ وَ اَلصَّبِيَّةُ وَ اَلصَّبِيَّةُ يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَهُمْ فِي اَلْمَضَاجِعِ لِعَشْرِ سِنِينَ ".

Abdullah ibn Maymun narrated from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (a.s) from his father, Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (a.s), from his forefathers (peace be upon them), who said: The Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: "A boy and a boy, a boy and a girl, and a girl and a girl should be separated in their sleeping arrangements at the age of ten years."

وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنِ اَلْعُبَيْدِيِّ عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا اَلْمُؤْمِنِ رَفَعَهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: "إِذَا بَلَغَتِ اَلْجَارِيَةُ سِتَّ سِنِينَ فَلاَ يُقَبِّلُهَا اَلْغُلاَمُ وَ اَلْغُلاَمُ لاَ يُقَبِّلُ اَلْمَرْأَةَ إِذَا جَازَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ".

In a narration from Muhammad ibn Ahmad, from Al-Ubaydi, from Zakariya al-Mu'min, who raised it to Abu Abdillah (a.s), he said: "When a girl reaches six years of age, a boy should not kiss her, and a boy should not kiss a woman once he passes seven years of age."