Commanding a seven-year-old to pronounce the two testimonies of faith
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is a person who has reached seven years of age commanded to pronounce the two testimonies of faith?
Answer:
He is commanded to pray, because the two testimonies of faith are in his fitrah (innate natural disposition). If he prays, he will include the two testimonies of faith in his prayer. A disbeliever is commanded to pronounce the two testimonies of faith if he wants to embrace Islam, but as for the boy, his fitrah is Muslim from the start; he is Muslim by nature.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is a person who has reached seven years of age commanded to pronounce the two testimonies of faith?
Answer:
He is commanded to pray, because the two testimonies of faith are in his fitrah (innate natural disposition). If he prays, he will include the two testimonies of faith in his prayer. A disbeliever is commanded to pronounce the two testimonies of faith if he wants to embrace Islam, but as for the boy, his fitrah is Muslim from the start; he is Muslim by nature.
Source
مقدمة ابن أبي زيد القيرواني في العقيدة 24-03-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (50:06)
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