Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 989
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " إِنِّي لأَدْخُلُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ إِطَالَتَهَا فَأَسْمَعُ بُكَاءَ الصَّبِيِّ فَأَتَجَوَّزُ فِي صَلاَتِي مِمَّا أَعْلَمُ لِوَجْدِ أُمِّهِ بِبُكَائِهِ " .
Translation
Nasr ibn Ali al-Jahdami narrated to us: Abd al-Ala narrated to us: Said narrated to us, from Qatadah, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah said: I begin the prayer intending to make it long, but then I hear a child crying, so I make my prayer brief, knowing how distressed the child's mother is by the crying.