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Sahih Bukhari: Hadith 102

3. Knowledge

صحيح البخاري

10/35 Chapter:

Two or more than two persons are considered as a group (for the congregational prayers)

باب اثْنَانِ فَمَا فَوْقَهُمَا جَمَاعَةٌ

102
Sahih Bukhari
Sahih
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الأَصْبَهَانِيِّ، عَنْ ذَكْوَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِهَذَا‏.‏ وَعَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الأَصْبَهَانِيِّ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ ‏‏ ثَلاَثَةً لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحِنْثَ ‏"‏‏‏
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:
as above (the sub narrators are different). Abu Huraira qualified the three children referred to in the above mentioned Hadith as not having reached the age of committing sins (i.e. age of puberty) .
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 102
In-book : Book 3, Hadith 44
USC-MSA web (English) : Vol. 1, Book 3, Hadith 102  (deprecated)