Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Hadith 1292
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4507 - 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".
Hadith.4507 - Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr narrated from Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha (as), 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."
Source: Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

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