243. Tahdhib al-Ahkām, narrating from Mu‘āwiyah ibn Wahab who said: “I asked Abu ‘Abdullah [al-Sādiq] (a.s.): “In what age will a child be accountable for prayer?” He answered: “When he is between six and seven years of age.” I asked: “In what age will he be accountable for fasting?” He answered: “When he is between fourteen and fifteen, and if he observed fasting before this, let him. My son so and so fasted before this age and I let him do so.”1
D- The Qurān:
244. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “He who recites the Qurān before puberty has indeed been given wisdom in his childhood.”2
245. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “The best among you is he who learns the Qurān and teaches it.”3
246. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “There is no man who teaches his child the Qurān without that child’s parents being crowned on Judgment Day with a crown of sovereignty and they will be clothed with two sets of clothing no people have seen the likes of.”4
247. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “The Chapter of al-Wāqi‘ah [Qurān: 56] is the chapter of needlessness, so read it and teach it to your children.”5
248. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “If anyone among you wants to speak with his Lord, he should recite the Qurān.”6
1.. Tahdhib al-Ahkām, vol. ۲, p. ۳۸۱, h. ۱۵۹۰. al-Kāfi, vol. ۴, p. ۱۲۵, h. ۲.
2.. Shu‘ab al-Imān, vol. ۲, p. ۳۳۰, h. ۱۹۴۹. al-Durr al-Manthur, vol. ۵, p. ۴۸۵. Both narrating from Ibn ‘Abbās.
3.. al-Amāli, by al-Tusi, p. ۳۵۷, h. ۷۳۹, narrating from al-Nu‘mān ibn Sa‘d from Imām ‘Ali (a.s.). Sunan Ibn Mājah, vol. ۱, p. ۷۷, h. ۲۱۳, narrating from Mus‘ab ibn Sa‘d from his father.
4.. Tārikh Dimashq, vol. ۱۸, p. ۹۹, narrating from Ma‘ādh ibn Jabal. Kanz al-‘Ummāl, vol. ۱, p. ۵۴۰, h. ۲۴۲۱.
5.. al-Durr al-Manthur, vol. ۸, p. ۳, narrating from 'Anas.
6.. al-Firdaws, vol. ۱, p. ۳۰۲, h. ۱۱۹۵. Tārikh Baghdād, vol. ۷, p. ۲۳۹, No ۳۷۳۳. Both narrating from 'Anas.
