437 – ʿAlī ibn Ḥarb al-Ṭāʾī narrated to us; Muʿāfā ibn al-Minhāl narrated to us; al-Walīd ibn Saʿīd al-Rabaʿī narrated, from Abū Jabīrah, from his father, from his grandfather Abū Jabīrah ibn al-Ḍaḥḥāk ⦗620⦘, who said: The Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, “A child is a master for seven years and a servant for seven years.” He added—and I think he also said—“and a counsellor for seven years. If you are satisfied with his companionship at twenty-one, then so be it; otherwise strike his side, for you have fulfilled your duty to Allah regarding him.”