Islam va Pazhuheshhaye Tarbiyati

Given the necessity of having locally conducted studies on "Religious Developmental Psychology," this paper aims to conduct a hadith-based study, analyzing the chain of transmission and the text of the narrations that discuss the religious upbringing and education of prayer for children. The goal is to discover some implications regarding the "age of religiousness in children" and to examine the "religious perception, feelings, and necessary actions" during childhood. The research method is descriptive and inferential, employing a rijali and interpretive approach to analyze the chain of transmission and the text of these hadiths. Some of the findings of this research are as follows: 1. Based on authentic hadiths, from approximately the age of five to seven, one should engage in "enjoining prayer and familiarizing children with it, without imposing it on them"; from seven to ten years old, there should be "serious training in prayer, with verbal correction"; and from ten years onwards, one should include "very serious training, physical discipline (if necessary), and habituation" in the praying education program. 2. According to authentic hadiths, the age of religiousness in children begins around five years old, and at this age, children possess a certain level of "perception, feelings, and religious experience.".