Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ حَدَّثَنِي الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنِّي لَأَقُومُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُطَوِّلَ فِيهَا فَأَسْمَعُ بُكَاءَ الصَّبِيِّ فَأَتَجَوَّزُ فِي صَلَاتِي كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمِّهِ.
English Translation
Ahmad ibn al-Hajjaj narrated to us, 'Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak informed us, al-Awza'i narrated to me, Yahya ibn Abi Kathir narrated to me, from 'Abdullah ibn Abi Qatadah, from his father, from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), who said: "I stand in prayer intending to prolong it, then I hear the crying of a child, so I shorten my prayer, disliking to cause hardship to his mother."