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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the wisdom in a young boy praying behind his father at home?

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The questioner : People nowadays feel that a full bag from the market is worth selling, and they sell it without knowing about it. The people who have it all at home, in the house, the boys gather around it, saying, "This is mine," and "This is mine," and "This is this one's." O Shaykh, I mean, it has a meaning.

The Shaykh : It has a meaning, yes.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good for this reminder. In truth, the action of these small children with their fathers, meaning they take it from each other,

The Shaykh : Correct, there is no doubt it has a virtue. Now, among the wisdom of Allah the Exalted is that prayer in the house is better, except for the obligatory prayer. When the people of the house see their shepherd praying, they follow him, even the small child who does not understand the matter, yes, the one who does not understand, you find him coming to his father, for example, and praying, and his father is his qiblah, do you understand? He prays beside him, and when his head prostrates, he feels joy and pleasure in this. This is part of the wisdom that a person prays in his house, except for the obligatory prayer. Also, among the wisdom is not to make it like a graveyard, like the graveyard in which one prays,
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1419 - 4600 ما الحكمة من إخراج صدقة الفطر في نفس البلد وما الحكمة من صلاة النافلة...؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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