The Grade of the Hadith on Spitting in the Mouths of Infants
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The questioner:
Most of it is authentic in its soundness. He used to orderSahih Ibn Khuzaymah 5:184. Al-Shawkani mentioned it, and Ibn Khuzaymah hesitated regarding its authenticity.
The Shaykh:
You do not remember its status, whereas what you do remember requires [further examination].
The questioner:
Look at this hadith.
The Shaykh:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner:
(peace and blessings be upon him). From Ibn Abbas, and his wording is: "Prayer becomes obligatory upon a boy when he understands, and fasting when he understands,"
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
and fasting when he is able to bear it, and the hudud (fixed punishments) and testimony when he takes an oath.
The Shaykh:
No, I do not know, no, I do not know, I do not know, no, I do not know.
Most of it is authentic in its soundness. He used to order
with his infants and the infants of Fatimah, so he would spit in their mouths and order their mothers not to breastfeed them until night.
بِرُضَعَائِهِ وَرُضَعَاءِ فَاطِمَةَ فَيَتْفُلُ فِي أَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَيَأْمُرُ أُمَّهَاتِهِنَّ أَلا يُرْضِعْنَ إِلَى اللَّيْلِThe Shaykh:
You do not remember its status, whereas what you do remember requires [further examination].
The questioner:
Look at this hadith.
The Shaykh:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner:
(peace and blessings be upon him). From Ibn Abbas, and his wording is: "Prayer becomes obligatory upon a boy when he understands, and fasting when he understands,"
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
and fasting when he is able to bear it, and the hudud (fixed punishments) and testimony when he takes an oath.
The Shaykh:
No, I do not know, no, I do not know, I do not know, no, I do not know.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ الشرح الأول ]، بداية من باب زكاة الفطر — islamhouse.com (56:40)
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