The father keeping his son who does not pray in the house on the pretext of fear for him

The questioner:
He asks: Is the father sinful for keeping his son in his house while he does not pray, on the pretext that his staying with him is better than his going out, knowing that the son is an adult and an employee?

The Shaykh:
I repeat the question.

The questioner:
He asks: Is the father sinful for keeping his son in his house while he does not pray?

The Shaykh:
Who is the one who does not pray?

The questioner:
The son, on the pretext that his staying with him is better than sending him out with the people.

The Shaykh:
He sees him with him.

The questioner:
Good.

The Shaykh:
Or his staying in the house? I think he prays and wants to keep the son from praying; he does not want the son to pray, then he says, "I am afraid for him," adding evil to evil. He does not pray and prevents his son, saying, "I am afraid for him." Well, why don't you pray and go with your son? This is not permissible. If you pray in the mosque, there is no fear for your son. Take him with you and protect him. Yes.

The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I went to join some institutes.

The Shaykh:
If his intention is that he is an employee who goes to his job, and during his absence the son does not want to go to the mosque because the father is afraid for him, this may have a valid point if the father is afraid for the son from fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). Then he prays in the house and leaves his matter to his mother, if the son is a young boy of discernment. But if he is an adult who has reached ten years of age, he does not pray in the house; he prays in the mosque, whether his father is present or absent. He prays in the mosque. The streets, praise be to Allah, are safe, and the Muslims walk to the mosques. He walks with the people and the neighbors, and there is no fear for him, if Allah wills, as he is in the lands of the Muslims.