The ruling on taking a seven-year-old child to the congregational prayer in the cold
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: My son is seven years old, and it may be difficult for him to wake up for the congregational prayer, especially on cold days. Is it obligatory upon me by the Shari'ah to take him to the mosque, or should he pray the prayer at home at its time?
Answer:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It is upon them at ten. If he suffers harm from going to the mosque due to the severity of the cold, he should pray at home; there is no harm in that, because his prayer is a voluntary prayer, not an obligatory one, so there is no harm in that. The important thing is that he prays and is raised to pray. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: My son is seven years old, and it may be difficult for him to wake up for the congregational prayer, especially on cold days. Is it obligatory upon me by the Shari'ah to take him to the mosque, or should he pray the prayer at home at its time?
Answer:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Command your children to pray at seven, and they
مروا أولادكم بالصلاة لسبع، وهم
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن حيله ومكايده : الكلام الباطل والآراء المتهافتة والخيالات — islamhouse.com (1:18:54)
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