Aslam

Praise be to Allah.It was

proven in al-Saheehayn and elsewhere, in the hadeeth of Abu Qutaadah

that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon

him) used to pray whilst carrying Umaamah, the daughter of Zaynab, the

daughter of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be

upon him). When he prostrated, he would put her down, and when he stood up

he would pick her up again.

According

to one report: “I saw the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of

Allaah be upon him) leading the people in prayer, with Umaamah bint

Abi’l-‘Aas on his shoulders. When he bowed he would put her down and when he

stood up from prostrating he would pick her up again.”

Shaykh ‘Abd

al-Kareem al-Khudayr

Al-Nasaa’i

(1141) narrated from ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Shaddaad that his father said: “The

Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) came

out to us for one of the evening prayers (Maghrib or ‘Isha’), carrying Hasan

or Husayn. The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be

upon him) came forward, put the child down and said Takbeer (“Allaahu

akbar”) to start the prayer. Then he prostrated during the prayer and his

prostration lasted for a long time. My father said: I raised my head and saw

the child on the back of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings

of Allaah be upon him), so I went back to my prostration. When the Messenger

of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) finished praying,

the people said to him: ‘O Messenger of Allaah, during your prayer you

prostrated and it took a long time, until we thought that something had

happened, or that you were receiving Revelation.’ He said, ‘Nothing

happened, but my son was riding on my back and I did not want to hurry him

up until he had had enough.’” (Saheeh al-Nasaa’i, 1093).