Carrying children in prayer and the impurity that affects their clothing
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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, often when we travel, our children urinate on our clothes, and they also pass gas, and often their diapers are wet. Does this mean that if we carry them in prayer, it becomes another impurity in the prayer?
Answer:
No, the correct view is that this is excused. Carrying a child, even if there is impurity on him that does not transfer to the carrier, is excused in prayer. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to carry Amamah, the daughter of Zaynab, while he was praying. She was a small child who was not free from the effects of urine and feces, and there might have been some impurity on her clothing, but this did not affect the prayer of the one praying, and praise be to Allah.
Al-Hasan and al-Husayn came, and they were two small children. One of them rode on the back of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was prostrating in prayer. It is known that a child may not be free from something. And yet, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) continued in his prayer. In fact, he prolonged the prostration out of mercy for them. Yes. Yes.
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, often when we travel, our children urinate on our clothes, and they also pass gas, and often their diapers are wet. Does this mean that if we carry them in prayer, it becomes another impurity in the prayer?
Answer:
No, the correct view is that this is excused. Carrying a child, even if there is impurity on him that does not transfer to the carrier, is excused in prayer. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to carry Amamah, the daughter of Zaynab, while he was praying. She was a small child who was not free from the effects of urine and feces, and there might have been some impurity on her clothing, but this did not affect the prayer of the one praying, and praise be to Allah.
Al-Hasan and al-Husayn came, and they were two small children. One of them rode on the back of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was prostrating in prayer. It is known that a child may not be free from something. And yet, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) continued in his prayer. In fact, he prolonged the prostration out of mercy for them. Yes. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب نواقض الوضوء - 2 — islamhouse.com (50:44)
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