Advice on Compelling a Son to Pray
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: My son is twenty-one years old, and the questioner says that he does not pray. Sometimes he goes to the house, so I ask him, "Did you pray?" and he says, "Yes," but I doubt it, as he returns immediately. So what do you advise me to do, may Allah grant you success?
Answer:
It is obligatory to strive to make him pray and to be patient with him until he prays. It is obligatory to be patient with this; be patient with this. As long as he is under your care, you must compel him to pray, even if it causes you hardship. If he says, "I prayed," and you do not know that he is lying, you do not know that he is lying, then it is on his responsibility. Yes. And Allah knows best.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: My son is twenty-one years old, and the questioner says that he does not pray. Sometimes he goes to the house, so I ask him, "Did you pray?" and he says, "Yes," but I doubt it, as he returns immediately. So what do you advise me to do, may Allah grant you success?
Answer:
It is obligatory to strive to make him pray and to be patient with him until he prays. It is obligatory to be patient with this; be patient with this. As long as he is under your care, you must compel him to pray, even if it causes you hardship. If he says, "I prayed," and you do not know that he is lying, you do not know that he is lying, then it is on his responsibility. Yes. And Allah knows best.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين، أسئلة المنتقى — alfawzan.live (18:15)
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