What is the ruling on carrying a child during prayer while he is wearing diapers?
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Question : Carrying a child during prayer, knowing that he is wearing diapers,
Answer : Is this an addition? If we know that these diapers contain impurity, it is not permissible to carry him. Because when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was informed by Jibril that there was impurity in his sandals, he took them off.
As for if one does not know, such as if the boy urinated recently and diapers were placed on him, there is no harm. And it is established from the ProphetMuwatta Malik 25:18
This is one instance, and he is praying with the fire.
The second is that one day he was in prostration, and al-Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with them both) came and rode on him. He rode on the Messenger while he was in prostration, why? Yes, so the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prolonged his prostration. When he finished the prayer, he said: "My son has made me a mount, meaning a rider, I was slow in prostration or a word to that effect, and I did not want to stand up until he had his fill."
Allahu Akbar, these are the morals, my brother. Do you see if I were the imam and my son, for example, or my grandson came and started to play with me, I might shake him off. But the Prophetic guidance is to be gentle with children, and to give them their freedom. So that they become accustomed and are accustomed to it. Yes.
Answer : Is this an addition? If we know that these diapers contain impurity, it is not permissible to carry him. Because when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was informed by Jibril that there was impurity in his sandals, he took them off.
As for if one does not know, such as if the boy urinated recently and diapers were placed on him, there is no harm. And it is established from the Prophet
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yazid ibn Abdullah ibn Qusayt from Muhammad ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Thawban from his mother that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ordered that the skins of carrion be used after they had been tanned.
صلى الله عليه وسلم أمران أحب أن أذكرهماan example for us.
أسوة لنا.He had with him Ummamah bint Zaynab.
كان معه أمامة بنت زينب.Ummamah bint Zaynab, whose grandfather was the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) through her mother, and he was carrying her in prayer. So when he prostrated, he put her down,
أمامة بنت زينب جدها النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم من قبل الأم وهو يحفظها في الصلاة فإذا سجد وضعها،The second is that one day he was in prostration, and al-Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with them both) came and rode on him. He rode on the Messenger while he was in prostration, why? Yes, so the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prolonged his prostration. When he finished the prayer, he said: "My son has made me a mount, meaning a rider, I was slow in prostration or a word to that effect, and I did not want to stand up until he had his fill."
Allahu Akbar, these are the morals, my brother. Do you see if I were the imam and my son, for example, or my grandson came and started to play with me, I might shake him off. But the Prophetic guidance is to be gentle with children, and to give them their freedom. So that they become accustomed and are accustomed to it. Yes.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 49 - 64 ما حكم حمل الطفل أثناء الصلاة وهو يرتدي الحفائظ؟ طالب العلم والمجتمع - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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