Hadith 24642

Chapter 93

باب 93

(93) باب الاِلْتِفَاتِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ

(93) Chapter: To look hither and thither in As-Salat (the prayer) (FR)
145
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَشْعَثُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ الاِلْتِفَاتِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ " هُوَ اخْتِلاَسٌ يَخْتَلِسُهُ الشَّيْطَانُ مِنْ صَلاَةِ الْعَبْدِ ".

Narrated `Aisha:
I asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about looking hither and thither in prayer. He replied, "It is a way of stealing by which Satan takes away (a portion) from the prayer of a person." (FR)

Reference (FR): Sahih al-Bukhari 751 (FR)

In-book reference (FR): Book 10, Hadith 145 (FR)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 1, Book 12, Hadith 718 (FR)