The permissibility of carrying a child during prayer

Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. Our sister says: I have a daughter who is approximately five months old, and she is my first child. She cries a lot. When I perform the prayer, she is sometimes crying. Sometimes I leave her in the room where she is crying and go pray in another room, and sometimes I carry her with me during the prayer. But, Honorable Shaykh, I feel that when I am carrying her in the prayer, I am unable to perform the prayer in the required manner. For example, I cannot raise both my hands to the level of my ears when saying the takbir, and likewise in the bowing. Does this affect my prayer when I am carrying her? Also, when she cries, I sometimes put her in her rocker or swing. And when I am sitting between the two prostrations, for example, and she is crying, I rock her without turning around. Is this permissible? I ask you, Honorable Shaykh, to clarify this, and may Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
If there is a benefit in carrying her during the prayer, such that she settles down and stops crying, then there is no harm in carrying her. As for raising the hands when saying the takbir, this is a recommended practice (sunnah) and is not obligatory. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) carried a young girl while he was praying; it was Ummamah, the daughter of Zaynab. He (peace and blessings be upon him) carried her while he was praying. If he wanted to sit in the mosque, he would put her down, and if he stood up, he would carry her with him (peace and blessings be upon him). So, if there is a benefit in carrying her so that she stops crying and becomes calm, and also so that you are calm and not distracted by her or disturbed by her voice, then there is absolutely no objection to that.
Likewise, there is no objection if you put her in the swing and she cries, and you move the swing until she stops crying while you are in the prayer. There is no objection to any of this, and praise be to Allah. Yes.