Continuation of the benefits of the hadith: (Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray while carrying Umamah, the daughter of Zaynab . . .)
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The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment.
We have previously mentioned some of its benefits.
The student: The first is that it is permissible to perform slight actions during the prayer, after the two types of movement in prayer, and the permissibility of bringing children into the mosque.
The Shaykh : What?
The student: The permissibility of bringing children into the mosque.
The Shaykh : Among the benefits of this hadith is the permissibility of carrying a child during the prayer, even though it is generally the case that children’s clothes are ritually impure. So, is it said that this is a matter in which leniency is granted, or is it said that we remain with the original ruling, which is the obligation of purity—purity of the clothes and purity of what a person carries? The second option is closer to the truth and more cautious. The response to the hadith of Umamah is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) knew that she had not become ritually impure; he dressed her in clean clothes and then brought her, or she came herself. The point is that we now have the possibility that this girl was contaminated with impurity or that she was pure from it, is that not so? We have a clear text stating that it is not permissible for a person, if he is praying, to be in contact with impurity. So we interpret this ambiguous matter, meaning the hadith of Umamah, in light of the clear text, which is that it is not permissible for a person to carry a child who has been contaminated with impurity. If one is convinced in his heart, but not certain, that it is impure, is it permissible for him to carry it? Yes, it is permissible, because the original state is the absence of impurity and the presence of purity. Yes.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment.
We have previously mentioned some of its benefits.
The student: The first is that it is permissible to perform slight actions during the prayer, after the two types of movement in prayer, and the permissibility of bringing children into the mosque.
The Shaykh : What?
The student: The permissibility of bringing children into the mosque.
The Shaykh : Among the benefits of this hadith is the permissibility of carrying a child during the prayer, even though it is generally the case that children’s clothes are ritually impure. So, is it said that this is a matter in which leniency is granted, or is it said that we remain with the original ruling, which is the obligation of purity—purity of the clothes and purity of what a person carries? The second option is closer to the truth and more cautious. The response to the hadith of Umamah is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) knew that she had not become ritually impure; he dressed her in clean clothes and then brought her, or she came herself. The point is that we now have the possibility that this girl was contaminated with impurity or that she was pure from it, is that not so? We have a clear text stating that it is not permissible for a person, if he is praying, to be in contact with impurity. So we interpret this ambiguous matter, meaning the hadith of Umamah, in light of the clear text, which is that it is not permissible for a person to carry a child who has been contaminated with impurity. If one is convinced in his heart, but not certain, that it is impure, is it permissible for him to carry it? Yes, it is permissible, because the original state is the absence of impurity and the presence of purity. Yes.