The ruling on striking a child at the age of seven for prayer
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: A child at the age of seven is to be trained in prayer. Is he to be struck at this age, or is he to be deprived of the things he loves, or not?
Answer:
No, he is not to be struck at seven; rather, he is to be struck when he reaches ten. This is in the text of the hadith:Sunan ad-Daraqutni 3:5 So the striking is at the age of ten for discipline and punishment. As for before the age of ten, it is sufficient to command him; it is sufficient to command him. And if he disobeys, he is to be clarified to by speech; he is to be clarified to by speech, or something is to be withheld from what is given to him as prizes or encouragement; it is withheld until he becomes correct.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: A child at the age of seven is to be trained in prayer. Is he to be struck at this age, or is he to be deprived of the things he loves, or not?
Answer:
No, he is not to be struck at seven; rather, he is to be struck when he reaches ten. This is in the text of the hadith:
Command your children to pray at seven, and strike them for it at ten.
مروا أولادكم بالصلاة لسبع واضربوهم عليها لعشر
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