How should a father treat his son who does not pray?
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The questioner : How should a father treat his son who does not pray?
The Shaykh : The father.
The questioner : How should he treat his son who does not pray? Or how should a brother treat his brother who does not pray?
The Shaykh : It was obligatory for the father to raise his child from the time of his infancy in accordance with the limits of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan Abi Dawud 495Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani). Most fathers, as far as we know, do not raise their children according to this Prophetic methodology. When their children grow up and do not pray, it is said to these fathers: "In summer you neglected the milk." Do you understand?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Meaning, they missed the caravan and cannot be corrected, because if the wood of a tree has dried out, it cannot be straightened except by breaking it.
The Shaykh : The father.
The questioner : How should he treat his son who does not pray? Or how should a brother treat his brother who does not pray?
The Shaykh : It was obligatory for the father to raise his child from the time of his infancy in accordance with the limits of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
Command your children to pray when they become seven years old, and beat them for it (prayer) when they become ten years old; and arrange their beds (to sleep) separately.
مروا أولادكم بالصلاة وهم أبناء سبع ، واضربوهم عليها وهم أبناء عشر ، وفرِّقوا بينهم في المضاجعThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Meaning, they missed the caravan and cannot be corrected, because if the wood of a tree has dried out, it cannot be straightened except by breaking it.
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