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to sit down beside him. Then, the
Prophet [s] resumed talking and the
crowd in the
masjid
fell silent again,
as they listened to the words of
Allah’s great Messenger [s].
Naturally, the Prophet [s] was a fre-
quent visitor at the house of his
daughter, Fatimah [r]. He loved to
be with Hasan and Husayn [r], but
he became very distressed when he
saw either of the boys was unhappy
or crying. When this happened, the
Prophet [s] would call to his daugh-
ter and tell her to leave whatever
she was doing to attend to the chil-
dren. This was because the Prophet
[s] thought that nothing could be so
important that it should come before
a child who needed comfort.
This applied even to prayers in the
masjid
. Often, mothers would bring
their children to the
masjid
when
they came to pray there. It was not
