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1586. It was narrated from Ibn Buraidah that his father said: "While the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ was on the Minbar, Al-Hasan and Al-Husain came, wearing red shirts, walking and stumbling. He came down and picked them up, then said: 'Allâh has spoken the truth: Your wealth and your children are only a trial.'[1] I saw these two walking and stumbling in their shirts, and I could not be patient until I went down and picked them up.'" (Hasan)
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[1] At-Taghâbun 64:15.
Commentary
Love of children and affection for them is the demand of pure nature. Hence, to pause the sermon in order to show them affection, and to save them from any hardship, to alight them from the Minbar, and to lift them up, etc., is the very demand of man's inherent nature. Although, it temporarily distracts one's attention from worship, man is obligated to fulfill other commands also. And it is not possible to ignore them.