Hadith 717

حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، وَدَاوُدُ بْنُ مِخْرَاقٍ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ ، عَنْ مَنْصُور بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ ، قَالَ : فَجَاءَتْ جَارِيَتَانِ مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ اقْتَتَلَتَا فَأَخَذَهُمَا ، قَالَ عُثْمَانُ : فَفَرَّعَ بَيْنَهُمَا ، وَقَالَ دَاوُدُ : فَنَزَعَ إِحْدَاهُمَا عَنِ الْأُخْرَى فَمَا بَالَى ذَلِكَ .
The above mentioned narration has also been narrated by Mansur through a different chain of narrators. This version has: Then two girls from Banu Abd al-Muttalib came fighting together. He caught them. Uthman (a narrator) said: He separated them. And Dawud (another narrator) said: He pulled away from the other, but he paid no attention to that.
Hadith Reference سنن ابي داود / تفرح أبواب ما يقطع الصلاة وما لا تقطعها / 717
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح  |  زبیر علی زئی: إسناده حسن, انظر الحديث السابق (716)
Hadith Takhrij « انظر ما قبلہ، (تحفة الأشراف: 5687) (صحیح) »
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
717. Commentary:
In the narration of Sunan al-Nasa'i (755), it is mentioned that "those two girls came and held onto your knees." And it is evident that such playful acts occur in homes; in this, there is an example for parents that during prayer, such minor permissible actions are allowed.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 717