The Greatest Upbringing for Children: Teaching Them the Qur'an and Commanding Them to Pray

Question:
May Allah reward you. The brother Abu 'Abdullah says: Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan (may Allah preserve him), we are making du'a for you in your absence. My question, Honorable Shaykh, is: What is the guidance for fathers and mothers to encourage their children to learn religious knowledge and follow the path of the righteous predecessors?

Answer:
Yes. It is the right of the child upon his father that he raise him in goodness. The greatest upbringing is teaching him the Qur'an and the Sunnah and commanding him to worship. "Command your children to pray when they are seven years old, beat them for it when they are ten, and separate them in their beds." This is the upbringing that is obligatory upon parents toward their children. And among the greatest things that benefit them, by the permission of Allah, is teaching them the Noble Qur'an, commanding them to pray at seven, beating them for it if they neglect it when they are ten years old, and separating them in their beds at night so that no corruption of character occurs between them. All of this is the duty of parents toward their children. Yes.