دَعِ ابْنَكَ يَلْعَبُ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ وَ أَلْزِمْهُ نَفْسَكَ سَبْعاً فَإِنْ أَفْلَحَ وَ إِلَّا فَإِنَّهُ مِمَّنْ لَا خَيْرَ فِيهِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa Bin Ubeyd, from Yunus, from a man, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Leave your son to play for seven years, and impose yourself (upon him) for seven. So if he succeeds (fine), or else he is from the ones who have no good in them’.
Book (Kitab)كِتَابُ الْعَقِيقَةِ
Chapter (Bab)باب تَأْدِيبِ الْوَلَدِ
CollectionAl-Kafi
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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