{"id":6813,"date":"2025-11-11T07:37:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T07:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=6813"},"modified":"2025-11-11T07:37:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T07:37:39","slug":"can-my-son-lead-me-in-prayer-salah-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=6813","title":{"rendered":"Can My Son Lead Me in Prayer (Salah) at Home?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #993300\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">My Son Lead Me in Prayer (Salah) at Home<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #333399\">Question:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">Can my son, who is 9 years old, lead me in prayer (Salah) at home?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #008000\">Answer:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">In the name of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-faith.com\/category\/islamic-creed\/almighty-allah\/\">Allah<\/a>, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">The most correct opinion of the Muslim scholars is that it is permissible for a boy who has not yet reached the age of puberty to lead the prayer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">`Amr ibn Salamah Al-Jarami who said: &#8220;We were at a place which was a thoroughfare for the people, and the caravans used to pass by us and I used to memorize that (Divine) Talk, and feel as if it was inculcated in my chest (i.e. mind). When my father returned (from the Prophet) to his tribe, he said, &#8220;By Allah, I have come to you from the Prophet for sure!\u201d The Prophet (peace be upon him) afterwards said to them, &#8220;Offer such-and-such prayer at such-and-such time, and when the time for the prayer becomes due, then one of you should pronounce the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayerinislam.com\/fatwas-rulings\/why-cannot-women-call-out-loud-adhan-and-iqamah\/\"><em>Athan<\/em><\/a> (call for the prayer), and let the one amongst you who knows the Quran most should lead the prayer.&#8221; So, they looked for such a person and found none who knew more Quran than I because of the Quranic material which I used to learn from the caravans. They, therefore, made me their Imam (to lead the prayer) and at that time I was a boy of six or seven years, wearing a Burdah (i.e., a black square garment).&#8221; (Al-Bukhari)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">For more information about the ruling of a young boy leading the prayer, watch this interesting talk with Dr. Muhammad Salah.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"width: 0px;overflow: hidden;line-height: 0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n<p>__________________________________<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Huda Youtube Channel.<\/em><a href='https:\/\/prayerinislam.com\/can-my-son-lead-me-in-prayer-salah-at-home\/' target='_blank'>Soucre Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can my son, who is 9 years old, lead me in prayer at home? What is the ruling of kicking out children from Masjid? 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