What is the ruling on teaching young children prayer before the age of seven?
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Question:
Is the age of seven the limit for teaching boys prayer?
Answer:
Yes, before that is what is appropriate,Sunan ad-Daraqutni 3:5, before that they are considered among those who do not possess reason.
Q: Well, if he finds them in the row, does he delay them?
The Shaykh: If it is facilitated, otherwise he leaves them like a stone.
Q: Even if they distinguish before seven?
The Shaykh: Even if, the hadith came, it came with seven as the limit.
Is the age of seven the limit for teaching boys prayer?
Answer:
Yes, before that is what is appropriate,
Teach them prayer at seven and beat them for it at ten
عَلِّموهم الصلاة لسبع واضربوهم عليها لعشرQ: Well, if he finds them in the row, does he delay them?
The Shaykh: If it is facilitated, otherwise he leaves them like a stone.
Q: Even if they distinguish before seven?
The Shaykh: Even if, the hadith came, it came with seven as the limit.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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