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that act is referred to as ‘Amal-e-Kašīr. If the one seeing from a distance is in doubt as to whether or not the doer of that act is offering Ṣalāĥ, the act will be deemed to be ‘Amal-e-Qalīl that does not invalidate Ṣalāĥ. (Durr-e-Mukhtār, vol. 2, pp. 464)
It is stated on page 476 of Baĥār-e-Sharī’at (volume 1): If someone offers Ṣalāĥ with so small child on his lap that the child cannot stay on the lap on his own but rather the Ṣalāĥ-offering person is holding the child whose body or clothes are impure to such an extent that it negates Ṣalāĥ, so Ṣalāĥ will not be valid because the Ṣalāĥ-offering person is holding the child. However, if the child is staying on his own and does not need to be held by the Ṣalāĥ-offering person, Ṣalāĥ will be valid as the Ṣalāĥ-offering person is not holding the child in this case. Still, it is disliked if done unnecessarily even though there is no impurity on the body and clothes of the child.
Sayyidatunā ‘Āishaĥ Ṣiddīqaĥ رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهَا has said: A poor woman came to me with two daughters of her. I gave her three dates. She gave one date to each of them. She then divided the remaining date into two pieces which she wanted to eat herself but gave them to both of her daughters. I was really amazed to see what she did. I mentioned to the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم how the woman had made self-sacrifice. He
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