Is Holding a Child in Salah Permitted? The Shafi'i View Posited
Sister Umm Muhammad wrote in a comment in one of the posts:
Bismillaah.Peace be upon Prophet Muhammad.
As-Salaamu ‘alaykum all.
A request/suggestion:
I’d appreciate if you could research the technicalities behind the whole “not supporting filth with your person” issue during salah. Alot of sisters pick up their children when they pray, but I refrain from doing so because of the almost constant najasah (my kid’s under 2 yrs).
Bismillah, Alhamdulillah:
Dear Sister Umm Muhammad & all others who face this predicament,
I have searched for this issue in the works of jurisprudence and I feel that I am able to quote for you the statements of the Shafi’i scholars, as well as their argument for the permissibility of holding a child during Salah.
The following hadith is what brings forth this discussion: