Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 984
وَعَن أبي قَتَادَة قَالَتْ: رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَؤُمُّ النَّاسَ وَأُمَامَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي الْعَاصِ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ فَإِذَا رَكَعَ وَضَعَهَا وَإِذَا رَفَعَ مِنَ السُّجُودِ أَعَادَهَا "
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Qatadah reported: I saw the Prophet (peace be upon him) leading the people in prayer with Umamah, daughter of Abu al-‘As, on his shoulder. When he bowed, he set her down; when he rose from prostration, he picked her up again.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
وَعَن أبي قَتَادَة قَالَتْ: رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَؤُمُّ النَّاسَ وَأُمَامَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي الْعَاصِ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ فَإِذَا رَكَعَ وَضَعَهَا وَإِذَا رَفَعَ مِنَ السُّجُودِ أَعَادَهَا "
The source has the feminine verb قالت (‘she said’) immediately after Abu Qatadah, though the narrator is named in the masculine and the report is first-person.
Is the feminine verb a transcription error in this Arabic source?