Prayer: Is Responding to Children’s Salām Obligatory?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Prayer: Is Responding to Children’s Salām Obligatory?

English:

Question #509:

Is it obligatory to respond to the greeting of children whether boys or girls?

Answer #509:

It is obligatory to reply to the salām of children (male and female) who can distinguish right from wrong in the same way as it is obligatory to do so in response to men and women.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Prayer