Is the Prophet's — may God's prayers and peace be upon him — stopping his sermon and descending from the pulpit because of Al-Hasan and Al-Husayn, may God be pleased with them both, and his preoccupation with them, considered a form of the trial by one's children mentioned in His — the Almighty's — saying: "Indeed, your wealth and your children are a trial"?

The Prophet's descent from the pulpit when he saw Al-Hasan (definition) and Al-Hussein stumbling in their red shirts during his sermon, and his taking them and lifting them to him to continue his sermon, illustrates the truth of Allah Almighty’s saying: (Indeed, your wealth and your children are a trial). For the love of children, and the passion and impatience it causes, is a tribulation and a test for the servant. This trial is blameworthy if it distracts from the remembrance of Allah, and praiseworthy if the limits of Islamic law are observed in it. The situation of the Prophet here is an example of the mercy and compassion with which a Muslim should treat his children, and that interrupting a sermon for an urgent need is permissible.