Waking the sleeper in the mosque for prayer
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Question:
Sometimes a person sleeps in the mosque, so one of the people rebuked me and said, “The pen is lifted from such a person, and you are disturbing him from his sleep. Is doing this in accordance with the hadith that children are ordered to pray when they are seven years old, or is it contrary to it?”
Answer:
This is in accordance with the hadith, and you will be rewarded, if Allah wills. And the fact that he sleeps is not a problem; the elderly also sleep, as drowsiness takes hold of them.
Sometimes a person sleeps in the mosque, so one of the people rebuked me and said, “The pen is lifted from such a person, and you are disturbing him from his sleep. Is doing this in accordance with the hadith that children are ordered to pray when they are seven years old, or is it contrary to it?”
Answer:
This is in accordance with the hadith, and you will be rewarded, if Allah wills. And the fact that he sleeps is not a problem; the elderly also sleep, as drowsiness takes hold of them.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/93 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (56:45)
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