{"_id":"66f37419922058831ee27c2c","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#000000\",\"background\":\"transparent\"},\"insert\":\"Can a mosque ban children from the prayer area?\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"attributes\":{\"background\":\"transparent\",\"color\":\"#000000\"},\"insert\":\"Can a mosque ban children from the prayer area?\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#000000\",\"background\":\"transparent\"},\"insert\":\"In the Sharia, a child is a person who has not reached adulthood, and adulthood is determined either by puberty or age 15 (Hanafi/Shafi/Hanbali) and 18 (Maliki) for late bloomers. Within the child category, there are two subcategories: mumayyiz and ghair mumayyiz. If a child has reached an age where they have developed a certain level of independence whereby they can feed and clean themselves and have an awareness of right and wrong and good and bad, they should be taught to pray. This is usually around the age of seven but can differ from child to child. These children can be brought to the masjid and allowed to pray with adults, and it is the responsibility of the parent to teach them proper etiquette in the masjid. This category of kids cannot be categorically banned from the masjid. The second category is kids who have not reached tamyeez. These kids, according to Shafi scholars, are too young to be told to pray and should not be brought to the masjid because they are too young to pray and be expected to keep the masjid clean and not make noise. If the masjid is banning this second category of kids, I can understand why and they have reason to do so.\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9fe10b76658b4c2327d3","tag":"Worship: Masjids, Mosques, and Musallahs","count":50},{"_id":"66f37419922058831ee27c27","tag":"Ban Children","count":1},{"_id":"66f37419922058831ee27c2a","tag":"Prayer Area","count":1}],"createdOn":"2024-09-25T02:23:21.966Z"}