English Translation

Abu Abdullah informed us, from Makhlad ibn Ja'far al-Daqqaq, from Muhammad ibn Tahir ibn Abi al-Dumayk, from Ali ibn al-Madini, from Yazid ibn Zuray'. And Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad al-Muqri' informed us, from al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Yusuf ibn Ya'qub, from Muhammad ibn al-Minhal, from Yazid ibn Zuray', from Sa'id ibn Abi Arubah, from Qatadah, from Anas who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "Indeed, I enter into prayer intending to prolong it, but I hear the crying of a child, so I lighten it because of what I know of the intensity of his mother's distress for him." Al-Bukhari narrated it from Ali ibn al-Madini, and Muslim narrated it from Muhammad ibn al-Minhal. Al-Bukhari also narrated it from the hadith of Sharik ibn Abi Namir from Anas, and from the hadith of Abu Qatadah al-Ansari from the Prophet (peace be upon him).