QnA on Salaah (7/10)
Question
At what age should children begin performing salaah?
Answer
Almighty Allah SWT commanded Nabi Muhamamd SAW to command his family to perform their salaah. Nabi Muhammad SAW has said, “Teach your children about salaah at the age of seven,” it is not compulsory for them to read salaah but they should be trained and taught by this age, “At the age of ten they must be disciplined,” Hadith Tirmidhi. We have undermined the importance of salaah and take lightly impressing the importance ofsalaah and its practice to our children.
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