Trying to pray but my baby is sick

Question

I have been trying to put my daughter to sleep so I can get up to pray but every time I go to leave her she wakes up and even when she is awake she is clingy and cries so I can't concentrate because her loudness increases and I feel she needs my comfort. I am alone all day and when my husband comes home he is tired and cannot sit with her. What do i do

Answer 1

Well normally i would advise you to ask your husband to look after her once he is at home.

I think there are some ahadith (hadiths) which show that our Messenger (peace be upon him) used to pray even if his grandsons where playing around or him but i couldn't find an English translation, as it wasn't from one of the most known sunna books. Which i wanted to quote to show you that carrying a child won't break your prayer!

عَنْ عبد الله بن مسعود ، قَالَ : كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي فَإِذَا سَجَدَ وَثَبَ الْحَسَنُ وَالْحُسَيْنُ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ ، فَإِذَا أَرَادُوا أَنْ يَمْنَعُوهُمَا أَشَارَ إِلَيْهِمْ أَنْ دَعُوهُمَا ، فَلَمَّا صَلَّى وَضَعَهُمَا فِي حِجْرِهِ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : " مَنْ أَحَبَّنِي فَلْيُحِبَّ هَذَيْنِ

But at least i found a hadith which might be much better and clearer about this matter and help you:

Narrated Abu Qatada Al-Ansari:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was praying and he was carrying Umama the daughters of Zainab, the daughter of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and she was the daughter of 'As bin Rabi'a bin `Abd Shams. When he prostrated, he put her down and when he stood, he carried her (on his neck).

[Sahih al-Bukhari. Al-Muwatta', Sunan abi Dawod]

So try to pray while carrying her and if your husband is home ask him whether he could help!