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376. Anas bin Mālik narrated that Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ said: “Indeed I hear the crying of a small boy while I am in Ṣalāt so I shorten it for fear that his mother may be tormented.” (Sahīh)
[He said:] There are narrations on this topic from Abū Qatādah, Abū Sa‘eed, and Abū Hurairah.
Abū ‘Eisā said: The Hadīth of Anas is a Hasan Ṣahīh Hadīth.
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Because of the crying of a baby the mother loses calmness, tranquility and peace and she becomes worried, even other people offering prayer are disturbed, and their attention is drawn to the crying child; therefore making the prayer brief in this condition is better.