When should children be ordered to make Salah? Print


Question 103) - When should children be ordered to make Salah?

A: The Nabi ~ has said, "Order you children to make Salah when they are seven years old. Punish them when they reach ten and separate them in their beds." Another narration states, "Teach the child of seven and hit them about it when they are ten."

It Is Wajib on the parent to pay attention in ordering the child for Salah. Allaah says, "And I have chosen you, so listen carefully to what is being revealed.?? ~Taha: 132 ~

~ al-Quduri ~