𝑸𝑼𝑬𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵❓
Can my 7 year-old boy lead me in
prayer? Can I lead him in prayer being his mother? Note: he learnt how to pray
by copying me and following me in prayer.
𝑨𝑵𝑺𝑾𝑬𝑹❗️
Praise be to Allah.
It is OK for a boy who
understands the prayer to lead others in prayer, because the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “People should be led in prayer by the
one who knows the most Quran among them.” (Narrated by Muslim, al-Masajid wa
Mawadi’ al-Salah, 1078)
It was narrated in Sahih
al-Bukhari that ‘Amr ibn Salamah al-Jarami said: “My father came from the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said that he had heard
the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say, ‘When the time for
prayer comes, let the one among you who knows the most Quran lead you in
prayer.’ They looked and they did not find anyone who knew more Quran than me, so
they made me lead them in prayer, and I was a boy of six or seven years.”
(Al-Maghazi, 3963. See Fatawa al-Lajnah al-Daimah, 7/389-390)
The evidence to be found in the
hadith is that these Companions asked ‘Amr ibn Salamah to lead them in prayer
when he was six or seven years old. This indicates that a boy who has reached
the age of discernment can lead the prayers. If that were not permitted, there
would have been Revelation to say that it was not allowed. (Ahkam al-Imamah
wa’l-I-itimam fi’l-Salah by ‘Abd al-Muhsin al-Munif).
If your son fulfils all the
conditions and obligations of the prayer, then there is nothing wrong with him
leading you.
With regard to a woman leading a
boy in prayer , this is not permissible, because he comes under the same rulings
as a man. What is permitted is for a woman to lead other women in prayer ,
because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) commanded Umm
Waraqah bint ‘Abd-Allah ibn Nawfal to lead the members of her household – i.e.,
the women – in prayer. (Narrated by Abu Dawud, al-Salah, Imamat al-Nisa, 500,
Classed as sahih by al-Albani in Sahih Sunan Abi Dawud, 553)
And Allâh knows best.
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