Waking the Children for the Fajr Prayer and Leaving Them
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh. I have children, may Allah make them righteous. Amen. May He make all Muslims righteous. I have been suffering, I mean, for a period of about four or five years. They are in the middle school stage, and some of them are in the annual exam stage. I struggle with them, I mean, at prayer time, especially the Fajr prayer. I come and say, "So-and-so, Abd al-Rahman, Abdullah, get up for prayer, get up for prayer." Of course, this takes up my time, so I don't know if I will make it to the mosque, which is not close to the house. I don't know if I should come and wake them up or if I will make it to the mosque. And by Allah, I am in a state of distress, I mean, if I leave them alone in the house, I find a hardship that only Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, knows, I mean, because I left them in the house, and the girls too, may Allah make them righteous and guide them. I think, O Shaykh, I am not the only one, I mean, Allah is the helper. It is possible that the majority of people are like this, and I know this thing, but O Shaykh, the question is: Am I in sin if, for example, I come and a sin catches up with me, O Shaykh? Okay, thank you, O Hadi.
Answer:
My brother, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:[At-Tahrim 66:6] And He, Glorified and Exalted is He, says: [Taha 20:132] So you must be patient and not leave them. You must be patient and wake them up until they get used to it and it becomes easy for them, with the permission of Allah. But if you are lax with them the first time, they will become heavy, and they will hope that you will leave them alone. So do not leave them. You are in jihad, in obedience, and in righteous work, as long as you are commanding them to pray and waking them for prayer. You are on the right path and in obedience, and Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, will help you. Do not leave them, ever. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, may Allah bless you,
May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh. I have children, may Allah make them righteous. Amen. May He make all Muslims righteous. I have been suffering, I mean, for a period of about four or five years. They are in the middle school stage, and some of them are in the annual exam stage. I struggle with them, I mean, at prayer time, especially the Fajr prayer. I come and say, "So-and-so, Abd al-Rahman, Abdullah, get up for prayer, get up for prayer." Of course, this takes up my time, so I don't know if I will make it to the mosque, which is not close to the house. I don't know if I should come and wake them up or if I will make it to the mosque. And by Allah, I am in a state of distress, I mean, if I leave them alone in the house, I find a hardship that only Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, knows, I mean, because I left them in the house, and the girls too, may Allah make them righteous and guide them. I think, O Shaykh, I am not the only one, I mean, Allah is the helper. It is possible that the majority of people are like this, and I know this thing, but O Shaykh, the question is: Am I in sin if, for example, I come and a sin catches up with me, O Shaykh? Okay, thank you, O Hadi.
Answer:
My brother, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:
O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًا وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَالْحِجَارَةُAnd enjoin prayer upon your family [and people] and be steadfast therein.
وَأْمُرْ أَهْلَكَ بِالصَّلَاةِ وَاصْطَبِرْ عَلَيْهَاThe presenter:
May Allah reward you, may Allah bless you,
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء 19-11-1434هـ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (47:10)
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