Waking the small baby from his nap

Q: My baby is almost a year old. He changed his nap times and now naps for the second time around 5 or 6pm. However, if it's getting close to 7pm, I wake him up as he only sleeps 3 or 4 hours post his wake up time and if he sleeps later than 7pm, he will sleep around 11 or 11:30pm at night. 

My mom says Islamically it is wrong to wake a sleeping baby. What is the ruling regarding this?

A: Since the child is very small, it is better to leave the child to sleep till he wakes up himself.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

 

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)