When does a father stop beating his son for not praying?

Enjoining good and forbidding evil is a fundamental pillar in Islam. One must change evil with their hand; if unable, then with their tongue; if unable, then with their heart, and that is the weakest of faith. Abandoning prayer is one of the most heinous evils. A father must compel his son to pray and strike him for abandoning it from the age of ten. There is no specific age for the cessation of disciplining a child for it. Some jurists have restricted the obligation of striking to the condition that the child has not yet reached maturity. The father must use all means to convince his son to pray.