Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ قَالَ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ 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 حَامِلُ حَسَنٍ أَوْ حُسَيْنٍ فَتَقَدَّمَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَوَضَعَهُ ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ لِلصَّلَاةِ فَصَلَّى فَسَجَدَ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَيْ صَلَاتِهِ سَجْدَةً أَطَالَهَا قَالَ إِنِّي رَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي فَإِذَا الصَّبِيُّ عَلَى ظَهَرِ 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 ظَهْرَيْ الصَّلَاةِ سَجْدَةً أَطَلْتَهَا حَتَّى ظَنَنَّا أَنَّهُ قَدْ حَدَثَ أَمْرٌ أَوْ أَنَّهُ يُوحَى إِلَيْكَ قَالَ كُلُّ ذَلِكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ وَلَكِنَّ ابْنِي ارْتَحَلَنِي فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُعَجِّلَهُ حَتَّى يَقْضِيَ حَاجَتَهُ.
English Translation
Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us, Jarir ibn Hazim informed us, Muhammad ibn Abi Ya'qub narrated to us, from Abdullah ibn Shaddad, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came out to us in one of the two afternoon prayers - Dhuhr or Asr - carrying Hasan or Husayn. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came forward, placed him down, then said the takbir for the prayer and prayed. During the prayer, he prostrated a long prostration. He said: I raised my head and saw the child on the back of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) while he was prostrating, so I went back into my prostration. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) finished the prayer, the people said: "O Messenger of Allah, you prostrated during the prayer a prostration so long that we thought something had happened or that revelation was coming to you." He said: "None of that happened. But my grandson climbed on my back, and I did not want to hurry him until he had finished what he wanted."