Topic: Obligatory Knowledge

[Akbar]

May Allah reward you for spreading this important information.

I have 2 questions related to this topic, could you help me to find the answers :

1)   What will happen to those who were not “Mukallaf” and  died being not “ Mukallaf”
2)   The person was Muslim and suddenly committed “ Kufr” then immediately returned to Islam. What will happen to those good deeds he did before committing “Kufr’ ? will he get the reward for those good deeds in the Day of Judgment ?

Thanks in advance.

[samsparky]

aamen and you.

For the first question, the one who is not pubescent is not accountable. The accountable person is the one who is sane, pubescent & heard the basic message of Islaam of any Prophet. In this time it would be to hear "laa ilaaha illallaah, MuHammad Rasoolullaah" in a language that one understands. So the child who dies before pubescence is not accountable and will be admitted to Paradise.

For the second question, the person who commits apostasy loses all the reward of the good deeds that he ever did. He must immediately return to Islaam before he dies otherwise he will be in Hellfire forever. When he returns to Islaam the reward of the good deeds that he did before does not come back. He starts again. But the sins that he committed before do stay and they require a repentence for them to be wiped off.

you are welcome.

[Akbar]

Thanks .May Allah grant you and your family paradise

[samsparky]

Chapter 2
Obligations of the Guardians

It is obligatory upon the guardian of the children who reached the age of mental discrimination to teach them the rules of prayer and to order them to perform it after they have completed seven (7) lunar years of age.

This chapter deals with the obligations of the child?s guardians.

It is an obligation on the guardian of a child who has reached seven (7) lunar years of age to order that child to perform the prayers.

If the child reaches the age of mental discrimination before he is seven (7), the guardian is not obligated to order him to pray, but he must ask the child to do so.

If the child has not reached the age of mental discrimination by the time he is seven (7), the guardian waits until he becomes at that age to order him to pray.

The age of mental discrimination is a stage defined as when the child understands when addressed and responds when questioned.

That is, if someone asked him, ?How many times does RamaDaan come each year??, the child would understand the question and answer.

Another example, if asked, ?How many days are there in a week?? he can respond properly.

The one who can understand and respond to such questions is considered as having reached the age of mental discrimination.

[samsparky]

The guardian must also hit them for not performing the prayer after they are ten lunar years old.

The same is done in the case of fasting-if the children can bear fasting.

It is an obligation on the guardian of the child who has reached the age of seven (7) lunar years, (usually the age of mental discrimination), to order him to pray and fast, if he can bear fasting.

However, if the child becomes ten (10) years old and does not pray or fast although he is able, his guardian must hit him for leaving out this matter in order to teach him the seriousness of his negligence and to urge him to perform these important matters.

This is in accordance with the Hadeeth of the Prophet, related by Abu Daawud:

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It means: <<Order your children with prayer when they reach seven (7) lunar years of age, and hit them for leaving it out when they reach ten (10); and separate them in their sleeping places. >>

To separate them in their sleeping places means to let each one sleep under a separate cover such that they are not touching skin to skin.

It is prohibited to let them sleep while their unlawful nakedness (^awrah) is uncovered under one covering such a way that they can touch these parts skin to skin.

In this case, it is an obligation to separate them.

If their unlawful nakedness (^awrah) is covered while they sleep, having separate covers is Sunnah.


In the case when hitting the child for leaving out prayers or fasting is an obligation, it is a condition that the hitting is commensurate with the offense, i.e., it must be harsh enough to show the child the enormity of one neglecting prayers and fasting.

However, it must not be so severe as to break his bones, poke out his eye, or otherwise harm him severely. 

[amazing moon]

masha'Allah masha'Allah
very good and beneficial topic my dear sis :wink:

may Allah reward you, grant you your good wishes and end your life in the state of perfect iman :-) :-) :-)

[HafiZun]

'âmîn, 'âmîn

[samsparky]

aameen and you

[amazing moon]

ameen ameen

[samsparky]

Moreover, the guardian must teach the children of the basic beliefs and rules, what is obligatory and what is unlawful, the rewardability of the toothstick (siwaak), and congregational prayers (jamaa^ah); and he must order them accordingly.

It is an obligation upon the guardian to teach the children certain matters of the Religion.

He must teach the child the necessary matters of the Religion that the child will need to know after pubescence, those matters which both the knowledgeable and the lay person knows.

Among the matters related to the creed that the guardian must teach the child are:

?That Allaah exists and that He does not have a partner;

?That Allaah is Eternal and Everlasting and does not resemble the creation;

?That among the uncountable Attributes of Allaah, there are 13 attributes of Allaah that every accountable Muslim must know;

?That Prophet MuHammad is the Messenger of Allaah and that he is the last of all the messengers;

?That Prophet MuHammad was born in Makkah and immigrated to al-Madeenah;

?That Allaah sent many messengers, the first of whom was Adam;

?That Allaah revealed Books to His messengers;

?That Allaah created the angels;

?That humans and jinn will die and then they will be brought back to life after which they will be judged for their deeds;

?That Allaah prepared an abode for enjoyment called Paradise, and an abode for torture called Hellfire; and

?Other similar matters among the essentials of the belief.


Also the guardian must teach the child other matters of the Religion commonly known to the scholar and layman alike, like:

?Stealing and lying are forbidden;

?Adultery and sodomy are forbidden;

?Gossip and talebearing are forbidden;

?Hitting a Muslim unjustly is forbidden;

?Performing the congregational prayer is very rewardable;

?Using the siwaak is Sunnah; and

?Similar matters among the commonly known matters of the Religion.


Furthermore, the father must take his non-pubescent son(s) to the Friday Prayer (Jumu^ah).

Many parents are negligent of teaching their children these matters.

They neither themselves teach their children nor do they provide someone else to teach them.

Rather, such parents only take care to feed, clothe, and provide shelter for their children, not much more than what they do for the animal they may own.