The Ruling on a Mother Praying in Congregation with Her Children

Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. Is it permissible for a mother to pray in congregation with her children, who are seven, eight, and ten years old, even if they are both girls and boys? And is it permissible for her to intend the prayer as a congregation or individually, because the children sometimes move and talk during the prayer? What is your advice? May Allah reward you with good?

Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that, as long as they are of the age of discernment, if Allah wills. So there is nothing wrong with that. However, she should place the boys in the front row, the males, and place the girls behind them, and she should be their imam. But it is better for the discerning males to pray in the mosque; their father should take them to the mosque, or their guardian, or their older brother should take them to the mosque. This is what is better.