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).