What Has Been Mentioned About Looking Around During Ṣalāt
Darussalam · Volume 2
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Source no. 589 · Volume 2 · Page 89
Da‘if
ضعيف التعليقات الجياد، التعليق الرغيب (١ / ١٩١) ، المشكاة (٩٩٧)
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589. Anas narrated: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to me: 'O my son! Beware of looking around during the Ṣalāt, for indeed looking around during Ṣalāt is destruction. If you must do so, then in the voluntary (prayers), not in the obligatory (prayers).” (Da’if) Abū ‘Eisā said: this Hadīth is Hasan (Gharib)
٥٨٩ - حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ : قَالَ: قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «يَا بُنَيَّ، إِيَّاكَ وَالِالْتِفَاتَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ؛» فَإِنَّ الِالْتِفَاتَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ هَلَكَةٌ، فَإِنْ كَانَ لَا بُدَّ فَفِي التَّطَوُّعِ لَا فِي الْفَرِيضَةِ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ.
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[1] He narrated the following Hadīth, and the contradiction is in the remainder of the chain.
Turning one's body and chest away from the direction of Qiblah and to look to the right and left will spoil the prayer. If there is a need for doing so for the protection and safety against a dangerous animal or insect, it then has exemption. The narrator negated looking backwards by turning the neck. The Prophet ﷺ would not turn his neck to the back because it is impossible without turning the chest.