Guidance for a mother of grown children regarding prayer
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Question:
The sister Umm Salim says: I have eight children, all of whom are over fifteen years old, some are twenty, and some are older. I find it very difficult, Shaykh Salih, to wake them up for the Fajr prayer. Some of them get up, but some do not pray until it is around the time of Dhuhr. What should I do with them? I have no way to deal with them. What should I say?
Answer:
This is a trial and a test from Allah. Be patient with it, be patient with them, and strive with them by commanding them to pray and to attend the congregational prayer. Seek help from Allah, the Exalted. If their father is present, he should also help you and take hold of their hands. Cooperate in righteousness and piety. Command your children to pray when they are seven, beat them for it when they are ten, and separate them in their sleeping places. Yes.
The sister Umm Salim says: I have eight children, all of whom are over fifteen years old, some are twenty, and some are older. I find it very difficult, Shaykh Salih, to wake them up for the Fajr prayer. Some of them get up, but some do not pray until it is around the time of Dhuhr. What should I do with them? I have no way to deal with them. What should I say?
Answer:
This is a trial and a test from Allah. Be patient with it, be patient with them, and strive with them by commanding them to pray and to attend the congregational prayer. Seek help from Allah, the Exalted. If their father is present, he should also help you and take hold of their hands. Cooperate in righteousness and piety. Command your children to pray when they are seven, beat them for it when they are ten, and separate them in their sleeping places. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/087 — archive.org (3:12)
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