Advice on Neglecting the Fajr Prayer
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Question:
The third and final question. Okay, the third question, Shaykh: We need advice. There is a lot of negligence regarding the Fajr prayer and not attending the congregational prayer. Also, those who leave their sons and do not wake them up for the Fajr prayer. We ask you for advice, Shaykh.
Answer:
It is obligatory for the Muslim to maintain all the prayers, including the Fajr prayer. However, since Fajr is at a time of sleep, the Muslim should calculate the reward, intend to get up, and arrange for someone to wake him up, either by instructing someone around him or by setting an alarm. Nowadays, there are many alarms, praise be to Allah, in mobile phones and watches. The important thing is that a person takes his prayer seriously. As for the children, it is obligatory for the father to command them to pray, wake them up from sleep for prayer, and take them to the mosque, because they are a flock for which he is responsible. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan ad-Daraqutni 3:5. So they are a responsibility on their father; he should not be lax in this. If he seeks help from Allah, his intention is good, and he accustoms them to this, they will become accustomed to it and it will be easy for them, by the permission of Allah. Yes.
The third and final question. Okay, the third question, Shaykh: We need advice. There is a lot of negligence regarding the Fajr prayer and not attending the congregational prayer. Also, those who leave their sons and do not wake them up for the Fajr prayer. We ask you for advice, Shaykh.
Answer:
It is obligatory for the Muslim to maintain all the prayers, including the Fajr prayer. However, since Fajr is at a time of sleep, the Muslim should calculate the reward, intend to get up, and arrange for someone to wake him up, either by instructing someone around him or by setting an alarm. Nowadays, there are many alarms, praise be to Allah, in mobile phones and watches. The important thing is that a person takes his prayer seriously. As for the children, it is obligatory for the father to command them to pray, wake them up from sleep for prayer, and take them to the mosque, because they are a flock for which he is responsible. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Command your children to pray when they are seven
مروا أولادكم بالصلاة لسبعAnd beat them for it at the age of ten, and separate them in their beds
واضربوهم عليها لعشر، وفرقوا بينهم في المضاجع
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 01 / فتاوى على الهواء - 10 01 1435هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (23:31)
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