Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Badat
Question:
Would praying with a baby in a carrier with a wet diaper nullify ṣalāh?
Answer:
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم
In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathabah Institute.
If the diaper of the baby that the one is holding during prayer, has najāsah (impurities) in it, such as stool or urine, this will invalidate the prayer otherwise not. One who is offering prayer (ṣalāh) must be pure and clean, and also not be holding on to anything that is unclean or impure, for the validity of the prayer. – (See: Rad Al-Muḥtār, Vol 1, Page 403, Dār Al-Fikr)
Abū Qatada Anṣārī (may Allāh be pleased with him) narrates, “I saw the Prophet Muḥammad (peace and blessings be upon him) leading the people in prayer with [baby] Umāmah, daughter of Abul-‘Āṣ and Zaynab, daughter of the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings be upon him), on his shoulder. When he bowed, he put her down, and when he got up after prostration, he lifted her up again.” – (Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 543)
Only Allāh knows best
قَوْلُهُ كَصَبِيٍّ أَيْ وَكَسَقْفٍ وَظُلَّةٍ وَخَيْمَةٍ نَجِسَةٍ تُصِيبُ رَأْسَهُ إذَا وَقَفَ قَوْلُهُ إنْ لَمْ يَسْتَمْسِكْ الْأَوْلَى حَذْفُ إنْ وَجَوَابِهَا لِأَنَّهُ تَمْثِيلٌ لِلْمَحْمُولِ، فَحَقُّ التَّعْبِيرِ أَنْ يَقُولَ كَصَبِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ نَجَسٌ لَا يَسْتَمْسِكُ بِنَفْسِهِ ط قَوْلُهُ وَإِلَّا لَا أَيْ وَإِنْ كَانَ يَسْتَمْسِكُ بِنَفْسِهِ لَا يَمْنَعُ لِأَنَّ حَمْلَ النَّجَاسَةِ حِينَئِذٍ يُنْسَبُ إلَيْهِ لَا إلَى الْمُصَلِّي – كتاب حاشية ابن عابدين رد المحتار ج ١/ ص ٤٠٣
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ، وَابْنِ، عَجْلاَنَ سَمِعَا عَامِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ الزُّرَقِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَؤُمُّ النَّاسَ وَأُمَامَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي الْعَاصِ وَهْىَ ابْنَةُ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ فَإِذَا رَكَعَ وَضَعَهَا وَإِذَا رَفَعَ مِنَ السُّجُودِ أَعَادَهَا – رواه مسلم ٥٤٣
