Son is not learning Salah

Question

I am in a dilemma as to how to guide my son to do his Salah properly. He has been taught his Salah from an early age and mashallah he has generally been good, but he still sometimes looses his concentration and makes careless mistakes. He has now reached the age of ten and he is still making mistakes including even reciting Surah Fatiha and sometimes gets his position in sajdah wrong. My husband says we are obliged to discipline him for his errors, now he is ten, according to the well-known hadith, or they will become habitual, but I do not wish to put him off his prayer. I want him to love his Salah, not fear it. If you could provide any advice on how to guide him to regular and correct Salah, I would be most grateful.

Answer

Yes, your husband is right about the fact that you are obliged to discipline him for his errors and you are right to about wanting him to love his Salah, not fear it. Sister, we have to realize that we can't expect a perfect salaah from a child, of course he will make mistakes and
we will guide him from time to time. If you want him to love his salaah, the best thing for that is to have daily Taleem from the book 'Fazaail-e-Amaal'. Insha Allah in few days you will see a change in his namaz.

May Allah SWT make him coolness of your eyes. Ameen.

Virtues of Prayers (Salah)
http://islameasy.org/pdf/Prayers_Salah.pdf

Virtues of Knowledge
http://www.islameasy.org/pdf/MA_Virtues_Ilm.pdf

Virtues of the noble Qur'an
http://www.islameasy.org/pdf/MA_Virtues_Quran.pdf

And Allah knows best.

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