It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: Once we were sitting in the mosque when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us carrying Sayyidah Umamah bint Abi Al-As bin Rabi’ah. She was a little girl and her mother, Sayyidah Zainab (may Allah be pleased with her), was the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He had her lifted on his shoulder. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed prayer while the girl was on his shoulder. When he would bow (ruku’), he would put her down, and when he stood up, he would lift her onto his shoulder again. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed the prayer in this manner, with her on his shoulder, until the prayer was completed. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) continued to do this (placing her down at every bowing).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed prayer in such a state that Sayyida Umamah bint Zainab bint Nabi Kareem (may Allah be pleased with her) was on his neck, and she was the daughter of Abu al-As bin Rabi’. When he would bow (ruku’), he would put her down, and when he would stand up after prostration (sajdah), he would lift her onto his neck again. ‘Amir says: I did not ask ‘Amr bin Salim which prayer it was. Ibn Jurayj says: I was informed by Zayd bin Abi ‘Atab that it was the Fajr prayer. Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman said: Ibn Jurayj considered the narration mentioning (the Fajr prayer) to be sound.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Shaddad (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us in the mosque for the Zuhr or Asr prayer in the latter part of the day, while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was carrying Sayyiduna Hasan or Sayyiduna Husayn. He (peace and blessings be upon him) moved forward, set him down, and pronounced the takbir for prayer and began to pray. In between, he performed a long prostration. When I raised my head to see (the reason), suddenly that same child was on the back of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was in the state of prostration, so I returned to my own prostration. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) completed the prayer, the people said: O Messenger of Allah! You made one prostration during the prayer so long that we thought some matter had occurred or revelation was being sent down to you. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It was nothing like that; rather, this son of mine had mounted upon me, and I disliked hurrying him, until he had fulfilled his wish.