Chapter on Disciplining and Testing a Child

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 3|Chapter 53

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Volume 3, Book 3, Chapter 53

Chapter on Disciplining and Testing a Child

Hadith #1

4743 - قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "دَعِ اِبْنَكَ يَلْعَبْ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ وَ يُؤَدَّبْ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ وَ أَلْزِمْهُ نَفْسَكَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ فَإِنْ أَفْلَحَ وَ إِلاَّ فَإِنَّهُ مِمَّنْ لاَ خَيْرَ فِيهِ".

Hadith.4743 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq said: "Let your child play for seven years, then discipline him for seven years, and then keep him close to yourself for seven years. If he succeeds, then that is well; but if not, then he is among those in whom there is no good."