Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 497
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْمَهْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاذُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ خُبَيْبٍ الْجُهَنِيُّ، قَالَ دَخَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لاِمْرَأَتِهِ مَتَى يُصَلِّي الصَّبِيُّ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنَّا يَذْكُرُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ " إِذَا عَرَفَ يَمِينَهُ مِنْ شِمَالِهِ فَمُرُوهُ بِالصَّلاَةِ " .
Sulayman ibn Dawud al-Mahri narrated to us: Ibn Wahb narrated to us: Hisham ibn Saʿd informed us: Muʿadh ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn Khubayb al-Juhani narrated to me: We went in to see him, and he asked his wife: ‘When should a boy pray?’ She replied: ‘A man among us used to report from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he was asked about this and said: “When he can distinguish his right from his left, command him to pray.”’