✅Answer: Please pay attention to the following narrations:

1 عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قَارِنٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ الرِّضَا أَوْ سُئِلَ وَ أَنَا أَسْمَعُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُختن وَلَدَهُ وَ هُوَ لَا يُصَلِّي الْيَوْمَ وَ الْيَوْمَيْنِ فَقَالَ وَ كَمْ أَتَى عَلَى الْغُلَامِ فَقُال ثَمَانِي سِنِينَ فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ يَتْرُكُ الصَّلَاةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ: يُصِيبُهُ الْوَجَعُ قَالَ يُصَلِّي عَلَى نَحْوِ مَا يَقْدِرُ

📚Al-Faqih, Vol. 1, p. 280

Hasan ibn Qarin said: 'I asked Imam Ridha (peace be upon him), or the question was asked and I was listening: 'About a man who circumcises his son, and he does not pray for a day or two.' The Imam said: 'How old is the boy?' I said: 'Eight years.' The Imam said: 'Subhan Allah! He leaves the prayer?!' I said: 'He is in pain!' He said: 'He should pray in any way he can.'

2 عَنِ الْحَلَبِیِّ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ قَالَ: إِنَّا نَأْمُرُ صِبْیَانَنَا بِالصَّلَاةِ إِذَا کَانُوا بَنِی خَمْسِ سِنِینَ فَمُرُوا صِبْیَانَکُمْ بِالصَّلَاةِ إِذَا کَانُوا بَنِی سَبْعِ سِنِینَ

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 3, p. 409

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: 'We command our children to pray when they are five years old, so you should command your children to pray when they are seven years old.'

3 عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَوْ أَبِی جَعْفَرٍ علیهما السلام قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ یَقُولُ: إِذَا بَلَغَ الْغُلَامُ ثَلَاثَ سِنِینَ یُقَالُ لَهُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ قُلْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ ثُمَّ یُتْرَکُ حَتَّی تَتِمَّ لَهُ ثَلَاثُ سِنِینَ وَ سَبْعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَ عِشْرُونَ یَوْماً فَیُقَالَ لَهُ قُلْ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلی الله علیه و آله سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ یُتْرَکُ حَتَّی تَتِمَّ لَهُ أَرْبَعُ سِنِینَ ثُمَّ یُقَالُ لَهُ قُلْ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلَی آلِهِ ثُمَّ یُتْرَکُ حَتَّی تَتِمَّ لَهُ خَمْسُ سِنِینَ ثُمَّ یُقَالُ لَهُ أَیُّهُمَا یَمِینُکَ وَ أَیُّهُمَا شِمَالُکَ فَإِنْ عَرَفَ ذَلِکَ حُوِّلَ وَجْهُهُ إِلَی الْقِبْلَةِ وَ یُقَالُ لَهُ اسْجُدْ ثُمَّ یُتْرَکُ حَتَّی یَتِمَّ لَهُ سَبْعُ سِنِینَ فَإِذَا تَمَّ لَهُ سَبْعُ سِنِینَ قِیلَ لَهُ اغْسِلْ وَجْهَکَ وَ کَفَّیْکَ فَإِذَا غَسَلَهُمَا قِیلَ لَهُ صَلِّ ثُمَّ یُتْرَکُ حَتَّی یَتِمَّ لَهُ تِسْعُ سِنِینَ فَإِذَا تَمَّ لَهُ تِسْعُ سِنِینَ عُلِّمَ الوضوء وَ ضُرِبَ عَلَیْهِ وَ أُمِرَ بِالصَّلَاةِ وَ ضُرِبَ عَلَیْهَا فَإِذَا تَعَلَّمَ الْوُضُوءَ وَ الصَّلَاةَ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ عزّوجلّ لِوَالِدَیْهِ

📚Al-Faqih, Vol. 1, p. 281

📚Amali al-Tusi, Vol. 2, p. 48

📚Amali al-Saduq, p. 235

Abdullah ibn Fadalah said: 'I heard Imam Sadiq or Imam Baqir (peace be upon them) say:

When a boy reaches three years of age, tell him to say 'La ilaha illa Allah' seven times.

Then he is left until he completes three years, seven months, and twenty days, at which time he is told to say 'Muhammadun Rasul Allah' seven times.

Then he is left until he reaches four years of age, and at this time he is told to say: 'Salla Allahu ala Muhammadin wa ala alihi.'

Then he is left until he reaches five years of age, and at this time he is told: 'Which is your right hand? Which is your left hand?' If he knows and can do this, his face is turned towards the qiblah, and he is told: 'Prostrate.'

Then he is left until he reaches seven years of age. When he has completed seven years, he is told to wash his face and his two hands, and when he has washed them, he is told: 'Pray.'

Then he is left until he completes nine years. When he has completed nine years, he is taught 'wudu' (ablution) and is struck for it (if needed), and he is commanded to pray and is struck for it (if needed). When he has learned wudu and prayer, Allah Almighty forgives his parents.'

4 عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فِي كَمْ يُؤْخَذُ الصَّبِيُّ بِالصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ فِيمَا بَيْنَ سَبْعِ سِنِينَ وَ سِتِّ سِنِينَ

📚Al-Tahdhib, Vol. 2, p. 281

Mu'awiyah ibn Wahb said: 'I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): 'At what age is a child taken for prayer?' He said: 'Between six and seven years.'

5 عَنْ عَلِيٍّ فِي حَدِيثِ الْأَرْبَعِمِائَةِ قَالَ: عَلِّمُوا صِبْيَانَكُمُ الصَّلَاةَ وَ خُذُوهُمْ بِهَا إِذَا بَلَغُوا ثَمَانِيَ سِنِينَ

📚Al-Khisal, p. 626

In the four hundred hadiths, Ali (peace be upon him) said: 'When your children reach eight years of age, teach them prayer and hold them accountable for prayer.'

✅Gift this post to the lovers and followers of the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them) due to the importance of its hadiths, especially the third hadith.

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