SOLAT & CHILDREN

Solat should be one of the first acts of worship that parents should teach their children.
Solat such a great form of Ibadah, a child must be exposed to the beauty of Solat from a young age even when the kids doesn't understand it.

Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As RA narrated that Nabi Muhammad SAW said, “Command your children to make Solat when they become seven years old, and spank them for it (Solat) when they become nine years old, and arrange their beds (to sleep) separately.” (Abu Dawud).

Children must not just be taught how to read Solat and that it is obligatory but they must want to pray and not just do it out of habit. This is without doubt, the one thing that will ensure consistency even when parents are not watching over them.

Parents’ duas are also very important.
رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِیۡ مُقِیۡمَ الصَّلٰوۃِ وَمِنۡ ذُرِّیَّتِیۡ ٭ۖ رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَآءِ
“O my Lord! make me one who establishes regular Prayer, and also (raise such) among my offspring O our Lord! and accept Thou my Prayer.”
(Surah Ibrahim 14, ayat 40)

Extracted from Islam For Kids.

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