What is meant by the phrase "and separate them in their beds" in the Prophetic Hadith, and does this include separation between those of the same gender, taking into account that the Hadith specified 10 years and puberty may occur at 9 years?
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What you asked about is part of a narrated by Abu Dawud and others, the wording of which is: "Command your children to pray when they are seven years old, and beat them for it when they are ten, and separate them in their beds." Sheikh Al-Albani said: (good and authentic). The mentioned separation includes those of the same sex and males with females.
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