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Sex Education
A) Separation of Beds:
307. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Separate the beds of a boy and a boy, a boy and a girl, a girl and a girl when they reach the age of ten.”1
308. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “When your children become seven years old, separate their beds.”2
309. Imām ‘Ali (a.s.) said: “When a child becomes seven years old, his teeth begin to fall, and when he is nine years old he is commanded to pray, and when he is ten years old his bed must be separated.”3
310. Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) said: “When boys turn ten, their beds should be separated from those of women.”4
B) Avoidance of looking at the private parts of the child and vice versa
311. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Parents should not look at their child’s private parts and it is not right that the child looks at the father’s private parts.”5
1.. Kitāb Man lā Yahdarhu al-Faqih, vol. ۳, p. ۴۳۶, h. ۴۵۰۹, narrating from ‘Abdullah ibn Maymun from Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) from his forefathers (a.s.), and h. ۴۵۰۸, where he also narrates ‘the beds of boys are to be separated at the age of six’. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۱۰۴, p. ۹۶, h. ۵۰.
2.. al-Mustadrak ‘alā al-Sahihain, vol. ۱, p. ۳۱۷, h. ۷۲۱. Sunan al-Dārqutni, vol. ۱, p. ۲۳۰, h. ۱.
3.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۷, p. ۶۹, h. ۸. Tahdhib al-Ahkām, vol. ۹, p. ۱۸۳, h. ۷۳۸. Both narrating from ‘Isā ibn Zaid from Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.).
4.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۶, p. ۴۷, h. ۶, narrating from Ibn al-Qaddāh. al-Khisāl, p. ۴۳۹, h. ۳۰, narrating from Ibn al-Qaddāh from Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) from his forefathers(a.s.).
5.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۶, p. ۵۰۳, h. ۳۶, from Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.).
