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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The father's obligation toward his children regarding prayer

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Question:
Among the questions from Sister Noura, she says: Honorable Shaykh, we are eight children in the house, four girls and four boys. The boys are twenty and twenty-one years old, but Honorable Shaykh, they do not frequent the mosque and they do not pray in the mosque. My father is negligent toward them, Honorable Shaykh. As for the girls, praise be to Allah, they pray the prayers at their times. Sister Noura says: Honorable Shaykh, what is my father's obligation toward his sons whom he has neglected at this age?

Answer:
It is obligatory for him to raise them to attend prayer in the mosques and to be concerned about them, taking them with him. This is what is obligatory for him, and it should be from a young age. The saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
Command your children to pray at the age of seven, beat them for it at the age of ten, and separate them in their beds.مروا أولادكم بالصلاة لسبع، واضربوهم عليها لعشر، وفرقوا بينهم في المضاجع
Sunan ad-Daraqutni 3:5
, this is what is obligatory for him. And he is accountable for them on the Day of Resurrection. And you too, help him with them, advise them, repeat it to them, perhaps Allah will guide them. And do not remain silent about them. It is obligatory for the father to compel them to pray by force, and to discipline whoever neglects the prayer. Allah gave him authority over them. Beat them for it at the age of ten. He gave him authority over that. Yes.

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May Allah reward you,
Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/228 — archive.org (8:20)

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