The Obligation of Prayer for One Who Has Reached Seven Years of Age
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The command in the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): (Command your children to pray when they are seven years old.
) The hadith.
Does this command imply obligation?
The command here is for obligation.
First: Because it is a command, and the default ruling for the commands of Allah and His Messenger is obligation.
And secondly: Because it falls under the category of care and good guardianship, and it is known that the guardian of a thing must do for it what is most beneficial and best.
So the command is for obligation,And likewise his saying: (And beat them for it when they are ten) The command is for obligation, but it is restricted to cases where the beating is beneficial; because sometimes you beat the boy but he does not benefit from the beating, he only increases in crying and wailing and does not benefit. Also, the beating intended is non-harmful beating, the light beating that achieves correction without causing harm.
As for the issue of the Fajr prayer, it may be said: That it involves hardship, especially in the winter days, and that as long as the boy is not burdened and it is not obligatory upon him, it is dropped from the guardian.
) The hadith.
Does this command imply obligation?
The command here is for obligation.
First: Because it is a command, and the default ruling for the commands of Allah and His Messenger is obligation.
And secondly: Because it falls under the category of care and good guardianship, and it is known that the guardian of a thing must do for it what is most beneficial and best.
So the command is for obligation,And likewise his saying: (And beat them for it when they are ten) The command is for obligation, but it is restricted to cases where the beating is beneficial; because sometimes you beat the boy but he does not benefit from the beating, he only increases in crying and wailing and does not benefit. Also, the beating intended is non-harmful beating, the light beating that achieves correction without causing harm.
As for the issue of the Fajr prayer, it may be said: That it involves hardship, especially in the winter days, and that as long as the boy is not burdened and it is not obligatory upon him, it is dropped from the guardian.