Command your children to pray when they are seven years old, and beat them for (not offeri…
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Hadith narrated by Narrated by Abu Dāwūd
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Updated on 24 September 2026 at 12:34 AM
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Hadith text: Command your children to pray when they are seven years…
Explanation of the hadith: Command your children to pray when they are seven years…
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) clarified that the father should command his children - boys and girls - to pray when they are seven years old, and he should teach them what they need to establish prayer. On reaching ten, he should add the beating if they show negligence in observing the prayer. Moreover, he should separate them in beds.
Lessons: Command your children to pray when they are seven years…
- Teaching young children before reaching the age of puberty matters of religion, the most important of which is prayer.
- Beating should be for the sake of discipline, not torture, so he should beat in a way that suits the child's circumstance.
- The Shariah cares about protecting people's honor and blocks all means that may lead to corruption.
Categories :
Jurisprudence of Acts of Worship
· Prayer
· Jurisprudence and Juristic Principles
· Obligation of Prayer and Ruling on Its Abandoner
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