I would like to know if my son becomes a non muslim?

Question:

I now live in the USA, and I don’t have any means of transport to get to the mosque, my son is eight and I have been encouraging him to pray his salaah 5 times per day. He usually pray zuhr when he returns home from school at around 2:30 pm. I would like to know if my son becomes a non muslim since he cannot go to the mosque to pray Jumah on Fridays?

Answer:

As Salaamu Alaikum,

No, he will not become a non-Muslim if he cannot go to the mosque for Jum’ah Salaah on Fridays.

And Allah knows best,
Mufti Waseem Khan.