336. al-Mahajjah al-Baydā': “When the Prophet (s.a.w.) returned from a journey and children would meet him, the Prophet (s.a.w.) would stop for their sake and then he would ask them to climb on his back. Some of them climbed from the front and others from his back. He (s.a.w.) also ordered his companions to carry the rest of the children. It happened that after this event the children boasted and said to each other: “The Prophet of Allah carried me in his arms and carried you on his back”, and others would say: “He told his companions to put you on their backs.”1
337. al-Manāqib, narrating from Ibn Shahr Ashub, from ‘Abd al-‘Aziz in his chain of narrations from the Prophet (s.a.w.) that: “He (s.a.w.) was sitting down and Hasan and Husain entered, when he saw them he stood up for them, but they were slow in arriving, so he went towards them to receive them and he carried them on his shoulders, saying: “What a good mount your mount is, and what good riders you are! And your father is better than you.”2
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Greeting Children
338. Kanz al-‘Ummāl, narrating from 'Anas who said: “Whenever the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) passed by children, he would greet them.”3
339. Sunan al-Tirmidhi, narrating from 'Anas who said: “I was with the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) when he passed by some children and he greeted them.”4
340. Makārim al-Akhlāq, narrating from 'Anas who said: “When the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) met a group of children, he would greet them, even though he was in a hurry.”5
1.. al-Mahajjah al-Baydā', vol. ۳, p. ۳۶۶.
2.. al-Manāqib by Ibn Shahr Ashub, vol. ۳, p. ۳۸۸. Dhakhā'ir al-‘Uqbā, p. ۲۲۶.
3.. Kanz al-‘Ummāl, vol. ۷, p. ۱۵۶, h. ۱۸۴۹۷, narrating from al-Bukhāri from 'Anas.
4.. Sunan al-Tirmidhi, vol. ۵, p. ۵۷, h. ۲۶۹۶.
5.. Makārim al-Akhlāq, vol. ۱, p. ۴۷, h. ۵. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۱۶, p. ۲۲۹.