What is the advice regarding urging children to pray?
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Question:
Continuing from the previous question, Your Eminence, this questioner says in his question—and it is close to the previous one: Many parents, may Allah guide them, do not strive to urge their children to perform the obligatory prayers; rather, they are very lenient with them in this regard. Is there a word from Your Eminence on this matter?
The Shaykh: Repeat.
The presenter: He says: Many parents, may Allah guide them, do not strive to urge their sons and daughters to perform the obligatory prayers; rather, they are lenient in this regard. Do they commit a sin in doing so?
Answer:
Yes, it is obligatory for all Muslims to care for the prayer and direct their children to it. It is obligatory for fathers, mothers, and brothers to care for this matter. The father directs his children, and the mother likewise, and the elder brother and the uncle... they all cooperate in righteousness and piety; for Allah says: [Al-Ma'idah: 2], and He the Exalted says: [At-Tawbah: 71], and He (Exalted and Majestic is He) says: [Al-Asr: 1] [Al-Asr: 2], [Al-Asr: 3]. If they are lenient, they commit a sin.
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says: [20:132] and He ﷺ said: : [66:6], and He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said: [9:71] and He ﷺ said: : [3:110].
Therefore, it is obligatory for fathers, mothers, brothers, and others to cooperate in this, to be upright upon the truth, to compel their children to pray and to maintain the prayer, and to discipline whoever neglects it. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Continuing from the previous question, Your Eminence, this questioner says in his question—and it is close to the previous one: Many parents, may Allah guide them, do not strive to urge their children to perform the obligatory prayers; rather, they are very lenient with them in this regard. Is there a word from Your Eminence on this matter?
The Shaykh: Repeat.
The presenter: He says: Many parents, may Allah guide them, do not strive to urge their sons and daughters to perform the obligatory prayers; rather, they are lenient in this regard. Do they commit a sin in doing so?
Answer:
Yes, it is obligatory for all Muslims to care for the prayer and direct their children to it. It is obligatory for fathers, mothers, and brothers to care for this matter. The father directs his children, and the mother likewise, and the elder brother and the uncle... they all cooperate in righteousness and piety; for Allah says:
cooperate in righteousness and piety
وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىThe believing men and believing women are allies of one another. They enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong
وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ يَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِBy the Time
وَالْعَصْرِIndeed, mankind is in loss,
إِنَّ الإِنسَانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍExcept for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِAllah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
And enjoin upon your family the prayer and be patient in it.
وَأْمُرْ أَهْلَكَ بِالصَّلاةِ وَاصْطَبِرْ عَلَيْهَاO you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًا وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَالْحِجَارَةُThe believing men and believing women are allies of one another. They enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong
وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ يَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِYou are the best nation produced [as an example] for mankind. You enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong
كُنْتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِTherefore, it is obligatory for fathers, mothers, brothers, and others to cooperate in this, to be upright upon the truth, to compel their children to pray and to maintain the prayer, and to discipline whoever neglects it. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
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