Waking the Children for the Fajr Prayer and Beating Them for It
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The questioner:
She says: If it is only encouragement from Allah, I wake them up three times for the Fajr prayer. Sometimes I sit them in their room until they get up from sleep. Then, if they see that they are going to sleep again and not pray Fajr, what is my obligation?
The Shaykh:
You must take a stick. If you beat him once, he will not sleep a second time. Just saying, "Get up, so-and-so, get up, so-and-so," does not work. Take a stick with you, and if you see that he is late, give him a stick or a stick, and see what he does. Yes.
The questioner:
There is a distinction among us.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
She says: If it is only encouragement from Allah, I wake them up three times for the Fajr prayer. Sometimes I sit them in their room until they get up from sleep. Then, if they see that they are going to sleep again and not pray Fajr, what is my obligation?
The Shaykh:
You must take a stick. If you beat him once, he will not sleep a second time. Just saying, "Get up, so-and-so, get up, so-and-so," does not work. Take a stick with you, and if you see that he is late, give him a stick or a stick, and see what he does. Yes.
The questioner:
There is a distinction among us.
The Shaykh:
Beat them for it at the age of ten.
اضربوهم عليها لعشر.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 113 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الأيمان/جامع الأيمان/صالح الفوزان/الفقه/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (53:00)
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