Taking a five-year-old child to the mosque
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I take my son, who is five years old, to the mosque after he performs wudu' (ablution), and I dress him in his best clothes so that he gets used to praying in congregation.
Answer:
Five years old, five, five years old. He has no valid prayer, meaning his prayer is not valid because he is not of the age of discernment. If he is below the age of discernment, he has no prayer; validity begins from the age of discernment and above. Yes, if he is seven years old, Yes. As for taking him with you so that you protect him from getting lost, or because he is afraid, and you take him with you and keep him under control, there is no harm in that. But not for the purpose of him praying. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I take my son, who is five years old, to the mosque after he performs wudu' (ablution), and I dress him in his best clothes so that he gets used to praying in congregation.
Answer:
Five years old, five, five years old. He has no valid prayer, meaning his prayer is not valid because he is not of the age of discernment. If he is below the age of discernment, he has no prayer; validity begins from the age of discernment and above. Yes, if he is seven years old,
Command your children to pray at seven
مروا اولادكم بالصلاه لسبع
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب موقف الصبيان والنساء من الرجال — islamhouse.com (58:30)
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