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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Child's Education in Islam Seventhly : Freedom in Playing Playing is a natural preparedness of the child, through it he completely liberates from additional energy. It is introduction to purposeful and serious action. There is in child the feel of this ability to deal with others, his linguistic, mental and physical ability. Through playing the child gets to know accurately the peculiarity of things surrounding him.

Playing has many benefits to the child and it is compulsory in this stage and the preceding one. The children (learns customs through the means of playing like self disposition, mutual assistance and self reliance, playing add joy and happiness to himself and develop his talent and ability to create and invent)[^50]. Through playing (the child's psychology, mental, social and emotional development materialized).

The child through playing learns the societal criterions, emotional control, orderliness and mental assistance. It satisfies the needs of the child like love for possession..... The child enjoys while living in his childhood[^51].

Playing is among the necessary needs of the child that is why it is not possible to deem or see child not playing, even the Prophets and the righteous ones has pass through the playing stage even though their playing differ from others, in ways and methods of their playing. That is why some narrations came emphasizing the satisfaction of this need. Imam Jaafar Assadiq (peace be upon him) said: "Leave your child to play for seven years ....."[^52].

A narration was reported from the Prophet (peace be upon him and his descendants) with another expression says: "Child are independent till seven years ...."[^53]. From the commander of the faithful Ali (peace be upon him): "Child are comfortable till seven years ...."[^54].

The traditions are emphasizing that the stages before the age of eight are playing stage and it is incumbent on the parents to grant freedom of playing without pressure or compulsion with exception of dangerous plays that is compulsory to distance from the child or to distance the child from it.

Freedom of playing means that the parents should not interfere in the choosing time for the play or its type or its method so long the play does not contradict general character and no gravity on the child or on others. Child of this stage does not endorse the parent to intervene in his personal affairs and does not endorse issuing too much order to him.