Supplication for the rectification and upbringing of children
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is the appropriate supplication for the rectification of one's children and their maintaining of the prayer?
Answer:
One should supplicate to Allah for their rectification and uprightness, but supplication alone is not sufficient. It is not enough that you merely supplicate for your children's rectification; rather, it is necessary to raise them. Along with supplication, it is necessary to raise them in obedience and goodness and to restrain them from evil, alongside the supplication. As for limiting yourself to supplication and neglecting them, that is not sufficient. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan ad-Daraqutni 3:5 So, raise them in goodness and also supplicate for them. Yes.
The questioner asks: What is the appropriate supplication for the rectification of one's children and their maintaining of the prayer?
Answer:
One should supplicate to Allah for their rectification and uprightness, but supplication alone is not sufficient. It is not enough that you merely supplicate for your children's rectification; rather, it is necessary to raise them. Along with supplication, it is necessary to raise them in obedience and goodness and to restrain them from evil, alongside the supplication. As for limiting yourself to supplication and neglecting them, that is not sufficient. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Command your children to pray at the age of seven, beat them for it at the age of ten, and separate them in their beds
مروا أولادكم بالصلاة لسبع، واضربوهم عليها لعشر، وفرقوا بينهم في المضاجع،
Source
مجالس رمضان 1431هـ - 03 — alfawzan.live (24:36)
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