Young Man Complaining That Father Doesn’t Wake Him up for Fajr
Question

                My father does not wake me up for the Fajr prayer and I have reached the age of puberty. What should I do?
Praise be to Allah.
      Firstly: 

    First of all we would like to congratulate you on this 
    keenness to perform Fajr prayer in the mosque and we ask Allah, may He be 
    glorified and exalted, to make you steadfast and increase you in guidance 
    and righteousness. 

    Secondly: 

    The parents should encourage their children -- males and 
    females -- to pray regularly and on time, because the father is the shepherd of 
    his household and is responsible for his flock, and the mother is also a 
    shepherd and is responsible for her flock. 

    See the answer to question number
    103420 

    Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have 
    mercy on him) was asked: 

    Is it permissible for a man to go out to pray when his 
    children are in the house? 

    He replied: 

    A man is obliged to obey the command of Allah in the verse in 
    which He says (interpretation of the meaning): “O you who believe! Ward 
    off yourselves and your families against a Fire (Hell) whose fuel is men and 
    stones, over which are (appointed) angels stern (and) severe, who disobey 
    not, (from executing) the Commands they receive from Allah, but do that 
    which they are commanded” [al-Tahreem 66:6]. He must tell his family to 
    pray as the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) enjoined when 
    he said: “Tell your children to pray when they are seven years old and smack (lightly) them if they do not do it when they are ten, and separate them in their 
    beds.” And Allah, may He be exalted, tells us that Ismaa’eel, the father of 
    the Arabs (interpretation of the meaning): “used to 
    enjoin on his family and his people As‑Salaah (the prayers) and the Zakaah, 
    and his Lord was pleased with him” [Maryam 19:55]. 

    It is not permissible for him -- the father -- to leave his 
    children sleeping without waking them up to pray and following up on them. 
    It is not sufficient just to wake them up; rather it is essential to follow 
    up, because he may wake them up, then they go back to sleep. End quote. 

    Fataawa Islamiyyah, 4/215 

    The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) 
    praised the young man who grows up worshipping Allah. It was narrated from 
    Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (blessings and 
    peace of Allah be upon him) said: “There are seven whom Allah will shade 
    with His shade on the Day when there will be no shade but His,” a young man 
    who grows up worshipping Allah, and among them he mentioned: “a young man 
    who grows up worshipping his Lord”.

    Narrated by al-Bukhaari (629) and Muslim (1031). 

    One of the most important means of helping a young person to 
    grow up worshipping his Lord is for his parents to take charge of his 
    upbringing and make him get used to that from a young age, and encourage him 
    to do it continually. 

    Congratulations to the parents for such a son who is upset 
    that his father does not wake him up to offer the Fajr prayer. How many fathers 
    there are who would be prepared to give everything they own in order for 
    their sons to be righteous and adhere to obedience towards Allah. It grieves 
    us that some parents show no interest in encouraging their children to pray 
    on time or to pray in congregation in the mosque. 

    Thirdly: 

    If your father gets up to pray on time and prays in 
    congregation in the mosque, then the matter is simple, in sha Allah. You can 
    ask him to wake you up to pray and to take you with him, and you can talk to 
    him about the matter calmly. 

    But if he does not pray and he leaves you sleeping because he 
    feels sorry for you, this is undoubtedly a kind of pity that is 
    inappropriate, and you have to take means of waking up for prayer, such as 
    going to sleep early, setting the alarm clock, making your intention sincere 
    and asking those among your family who wake up to pray to wake you up, or 
    you can request a reminder phone call from some of your friends, and other 
    means that will help you to wake up to pray on time. 

    It is a good idea to ask the neighbourhood imam to talk about 
    this matter in a special lesson in the mosque or in a Friday khutbah (sermon), so that your father can hear the Islamic ruling about what he is doing and can be alerted to the importance of telling his children and family to pray, and  that this is a duty upon him about which he will be asked before Allah, may 
    He be exalted. 

    We ask Allah, may He be exalted, to increase His bounty and 
    guidance upon you and to open your father's heart to waking you for prayer, 
    and to make you and your family all among those who pray regularly. 

    And Allah knows best.