Advice for a mother whose children do not pray
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Question:
May Allah reward you and make you beneficial. One of the sisters, Your Excellency Shaykh Salih, says: I am greatly troubled with my sons. I follow up with them and urge them to pray, for they do not pray unless I or their father speak to them. I fear that if they are alone, they will not pray. What must I do? May Allah bless you.
Answer:
This is a trial and a test from Allah. Be patient with it, be patient with them, and strive with them by commanding them to pray and to attend the congregational prayer. Seek help from Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. If their father is present, he should also help you and take hold of their hands. Cooperate in righteousness and piety. Command your children to pray when they are seven years old, and beat them for it when they are ten. Separate them in their beds. Yes.
May Allah reward you and make you beneficial. One of the sisters, Your Excellency Shaykh Salih, says: I am greatly troubled with my sons. I follow up with them and urge them to pray, for they do not pray unless I or their father speak to them. I fear that if they are alone, they will not pray. What must I do? May Allah bless you.
Answer:
This is a trial and a test from Allah. Be patient with it, be patient with them, and strive with them by commanding them to pray and to attend the congregational prayer. Seek help from Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. If their father is present, he should also help you and take hold of their hands. Cooperate in righteousness and piety. Command your children to pray when they are seven years old, and beat them for it when they are ten. Separate them in their beds. Yes.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7601 — youtube.com (7:46)
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