“Order your household to pray and have patience towards it.” (The holy Quran 20: 132)

In Islam, the family and household is a holy institute which its wellbeing is accompanied with the welfare and happiness of people and the society and its immorality and impurity leads to the spoiling of the individual and the society. The family and household is a Childs first school in which a child will gain many of his positive and negative characteristics. Imam Ali (p.b.u.h.) has said: What is Learnt in childhood (remains) like something which is inscribed on stone.[1]

Parents influence their children in two ways: One through heredity which is not in the child’s will and jurisdiction; and the other through training and education in the family environment. The (daily) prayers are one of the best ways for purifying the heart, reviving the soul and increasing our spiritual capabilities, thus we should teach them to our children at an early age and encourage them to perform them daily even before it is compulsory for them to do so.