Select a passage to highlight it. Click or tap a highlight to remove it.
Text and translation
English translation
1634. It was narrated that Umm Salamah bint Abi Umayyah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, said: "At the time of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, if a person stood to pray, his gaze would not go beyond his feet. When the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ died, if a person stood to pray, his gaze would not go beyond the place where he put his forehead when prostrating. Then Abu Bakr died and it was 'Umar (the caliph). So, when any person stood to pray his gaze would not go beyond the Qiblah. Then came the time of 'Uthmān bin 'Affān, and there was Fitnah (tribulation, turmoil), and the people started to look right and left." (Da'if)
Your commentary saves automatically in this browser, separate from the published commentary. It stays private unless you include it in a shared study file.
Commentary
Some Ahādīth of Sahih Bukhārī point out that if something is in front of a person offering prayer and the gaze accidentally goes to it, this is not contrary to being humble in prayer.
