Advice to fathers on raising their children in prayer
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Question:
Some fathers are negligent in waking their families for the Fajr prayer. What is your advice to them? It is known that this father says, "They will grow up and Allah will guide them."
Answer:
No, they will grow up and Allah will guide them, but there must be a cause for guidance, which is that the father and mother command their children to pray when they reach seven years of age. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So the father and mother are responsible for their children through upbringing and supervision until they grow up and reach puberty. Yes.
Some fathers are negligent in waking their families for the Fajr prayer. What is your advice to them? It is known that this father says, "They will grow up and Allah will guide them."
Answer:
No, they will grow up and Allah will guide them, but there must be a cause for guidance, which is that the father and mother command their children to pray when they reach seven years of age. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Command your children to pray when they are seven, beat them for it when they are ten, and separate them in their beds
مروا أولادكم بالصلاة لسبع، اضربوهم عليها لعشر، فرقوا بينهم في المضاجع،
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/104 — archive.org (12:04)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.