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Sahih Bukhari: Hadith 735

10. Call to Prayers (Adhaan)

صحيح البخاري

10/93 Chapter:

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

باب الاِلْتِفَاتِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ

735
Sahih Bukhari
Sahih
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."
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 751
In-book : Book 10, Hadith 145
USC-MSA web (English) : Vol. 1, Book 12, Hadith 718  (deprecated)