Teaching Children to Pray and Taking Them to the Mosque
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
He says: When do we start taking children to pray and going with them to the mosque, since some people take their children when they are very young, six years old and five years old?
Answer:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded that children be ordered to pray at the age of seven, be beaten to pray at the age of ten, and be separated in their beds. If his prayer is sound, he is taken to the mosque. As for if he is under seven, there is no meaning in taking him to the mosque, except if he fears for him, he takes him with him to protect him and keep his harm from the mosque, and there is no harm in that. As for drawing near to Allah by this, that is only for one who has reached seven. Yes.
He says: When do we start taking children to pray and going with them to the mosque, since some people take their children when they are very young, six years old and five years old?
Answer:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded that children be ordered to pray at the age of seven, be beaten to pray at the age of ten, and be separated in their beds. If his prayer is sound, he is taken to the mosque. As for if he is under seven, there is no meaning in taking him to the mosque, except if he fears for him, he takes him with him to protect him and keep his harm from the mosque, and there is no harm in that. As for drawing near to Allah by this, that is only for one who has reached seven. Yes.
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 23 / فتاوى على الهواء - 17 07 1436هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (43:15)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.