Riyāḍ uṣ-Ṣāliḥīn · Chapter 38 of 372
Urging one’s kith and kin to Obey Allah and refrain from evils
The Book of Miscellany – Chapter 38 : Ahadith 298 – 302
Imam Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (d. 676 AH)
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Allah, the Exalted says:
وَأۡمُرۡ أَهۡلَكَ بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ عَلَيۡهَا
“And enjoin Salat (the prayer) on your family, and be patient in offering them (i.e., the Salat).”
[Ṭā Hā 20:132]
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ قُوٓاْ أَنفُسَكُمۡ وَأَهۡلِيكُمۡ نَارٗا
“O you who believe! Ward off yourselves and your families against a Fire (Hell), whose fuel is men and stones.”
[At-Taḥrīm 66:6]
298 Abu Hurairah (radiyallahu anhu) reported: Al-Hasan bin `Ali (radiyallahu anhuma) took one of the dates of the Sadaqah (charity) and put it in his mouth, whereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Leave it, leave it, throw it away. Do you not know that we do not eat the Sadaqah (charity)?”[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
299`Umar bin Abu Salamah (radiyallahu anhu) reported: I was a boy under the care of Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and my hand would wander about in the dish. Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me “Mention Allah’s Name (i.e., say Bismillah before you start eating), eat with your right hand and eat from what is near to you”. I always followed this way of eating after this incident.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
300 Ibn `Umar (radiyallahu anhuma) reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “All of you are guardians and are responsible for your subjects. The ruler is a guardian and responsible for his subjects; the man is a guardian of his family; the woman is guardian in her husband’s house and responsible for her wards; a servant is guardian of his master’s property and responsible for his ward. So all of you are guardians and are responsible for your subjects”.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
301 `Amr bin Shu`aib reported on his father’s authority that his grandfather (radiyallahu anhu) said: Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Command your children to perform Salat (prayer) when they are seven years old, and beat them for (not offering) it when they are ten, and do not let (boys and girls) sleep together”.[Abu Dawud].
302 Sabrah bin Ma`bad Al-Juhani (radiyallahu anhu) reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Teach a boy Salat (the prayer) when he attains the age of seven years, and punish him (if he does not offer it) at ten”.[Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi].
The narration in Abu Dawud is: Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Order a boy to perform Salat (the prayer) when he is seven years old”.