Answered by SunniPath Answer Service Team
According to the Shafi`i school of fiqh, at what age does salah become obligatory? Is it at five, seven, or ten years?
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From a previous question answered by Sidi Hamza Karamali:
One only becomes accountable for one’s actions (mukallaf) upon reaching puberty. Before this, one’s sins are not written against one, although the reward for good deeds that one does is inscribed in one’s favour. (Kashifat al-Saja)
Note that it is obligatory on parents to command their children to perform religious duties once they complete 7 lunar years, and they are sinful if they delay doing this until the children reach puberty.
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SunniPath Fiqh Team
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