At What Age Do Muslims Begin to Pray?

[cool_aid2006]

Hey everyone,

I was wondering if any of you could tell me at what age Muslims begin praying? I noticed in all the pictures and videos I've seen, I've never seen a young child praying, they all look like adults. So I was wondering, if you could tell me at what age do Muslims begin praying. Thanks for your time. God Bless!

[Friend]

Originally Posted by cool_aid2006

Hey everyone,

I was wondering if any of you could tell me at what age Muslims begin praying? I noticed in all the pictures and videos I've seen, I've never seen a young child praying, they all look like adults. So I was wondering, if you could tell me at what age do Muslims begin praying. Thanks for your time. God Bless!

Hi
Thanks alot for this beautiful question ,a Muslim's parent should try to make prayer and fasting attractive to their child. They should encourage a child to pray, as early as possible, and to start fasting when a child is able. Sometimes we should ask a child to fast a part of the day in order to train him/her to fast in the future.

There is no need to tell the child that he/she is underage or of age because this will not help in making a child committed to prayer and fasting when he or she reaches the age of maturity.

The age of puberty for a boy is when he becomes sexually mature and when the girl starts menstruation.

It is very important to know that the time of puberty may not be enough for a boy or girl to be committed to observe prayer and fasting because they may not be mature enough for that commitment. Schools of Fiqh refer to this aspect.

So Allah combines puberty and capability to bear responsibility. The average of age according to these juristic studies is 15 years for both genders, which is the age of puberty and maturity.

I hope this can be answer your question