Ordering the child to recite the two testimonies of faith upon reaching the age of seven
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is one who has reached the age of seven ordered to recite the two testimonies of faith?
Answer:
He is ordered to pray, because the two testimonies of faith are in his fitrah (innate natural disposition). If he prays, he will recite the two testimonies of faith in his prayer. A disbeliever is ordered to recite the two testimonies of faith if he wants to embrace Islam. As for the child, his fitrah is Muslim from the start; he is Muslim by nature.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is one who has reached the age of seven ordered to recite the two testimonies of faith?
Answer:
He is ordered to pray, because the two testimonies of faith are in his fitrah (innate natural disposition). If he prays, he will recite the two testimonies of faith in his prayer. A disbeliever is ordered to recite the two testimonies of faith if he wants to embrace Islam. As for the child, his fitrah is Muslim from the start; he is Muslim by nature.
Source
منظومة الإحسائي على مقدمة أبي زيد القيرواني 24-03-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (50:06)
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