Arabic (Original)
قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي إِحْدَى صَلَاتَيْ الْعَشِيِّ الظُّهْرِ أَوْ الْعَصْرِ وَهُوَ حَامِلٌ الْحَسَنَ أَوْ الْحُسَيْنَ فَتَقَدَّمَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَوَضَعَهُ ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ لِلصَّلَاةِ فَصَلَّى فَسَجَدَ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْ صَلَاتِهِ سَجْدَةً أَطَالَهَا فَقَالَ إِنِّي رَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي فَإِذَا الصَّبِيُّ عَلَى ظَهْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ سَاجِدٌ فَرَجَعْتُ فِي سُجُودِي فَلَمَّا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الصَّلَاةَ قَالَ النَّاسُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ سَجَدْتَ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْ صَلَاتِكَ هَذِهِ سَجْدَةً قَدْ أَطَلْتَهَا فَظَنَنَّا أَنَّهُ قَدْ حَدَثَ أَمْرٌ أَوْ أَنَّهُ قَدْ يُوحَى إِلَيْكَ قَالَ فَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ وَلَكِنَّ ابْنِي ارْتَحَلَنِي فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُعَجِّلَهُ حَتَّى يَقْضِيَ حَاجَتَهُ.
English Translation
Yazid narrated to us: Jarir b. Hazim informed us, from Muhammad b. Abi Ya'qub, from Abdullah b. Shaddad, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, came out to us for one of the two afternoon prayers — Zuhr or Asr — carrying al-Hasan or al-Husayn. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, went forward and set him down, then said the takbir for prayer and prayed, and prostrated during his prayer with a prostration he prolonged. I said, "I raised my head, and there was the boy on the back of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, while he was prostrating, so I returned to my prostration." When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, had finished the prayer, the people said, "O Messenger of Allah, you prostrated during this prayer of yours with a prostration you prolonged; we thought something had happened, or that revelation was being sent to you." He said, "None of that happened; but my son climbed upon me, and I disliked to hurry him until he satisfied his need."