Book 93: To look hither and thither in As-Salat (the prayer)

Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 751

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 ".

Musaddad narrated to us, he said: Abul Ahwas narrated to us. He said that Ash'ath bin Sulaim told us. He narrated from his father, his father from Masruq, Masruq from Hazrat Aishah (ra). She used to say: I asked the Messenger of Allah (saw) about looking here and there in the Prayer, and he said: “It is a snatch by which Satan strikes at the prayer of a servant and takes away something of it.”

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Sahih al-Bukhari 752

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم صَلَّى فِي خَمِيصَةٍ لَهَا أَعْلاَمٌ فَقَالَ " شَغَلَتْنِي أَعْلاَمُ هَذِهِ اذْهَبُوا بِهَا إِلَى أَبِي جَهْمٍ وَأْتُونِي بِأَنْبِجَانِيَّةٍ ".

Qutaibah narrated to us, he said: Sufyan told us. He narrated from Zuhri, Zuhri from Urwah, Urwah from Hazrat Aishah (ra), that the Prophet (saw) prayed in a striped black woollen sheet. It had floral patterns on it. He said: “Its designs have distracted my attention. Take this to Abu Jahm (ra) and bring me his plain woollen sheet.”

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