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Humility and lowering the gaze in prayer

ahmad-zuhd:1408ʿAbdullāh > Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAlī b. Isḥāq > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > Abū Qilābah > Muslim b. Yasār

[AI] When you are standing before Allah ﷻ, you would love for Him to see you humbly submissive, so that your need may be fulfilled for you. It was said, “Then where should the gaze end in prayer?” He said, “The place of prostration is enough.”

الزهد لأحمد:١٤٠٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ الْأَحْوَلُ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ قَالَ قَالَ مُسْلِمُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ

إِنَّكَ إِذَا كُنْتَ قَائِمًا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ اللَّهِ أَحْبَبْتَ أَنْ يَرَاكَ مُتَخَشِّعًا؛ لِتَنْجَحَ لَكَ حَاجَتُكَ. قِيلَ: فَأَيْنَ مُنْتَهَى الْبَصَرِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ؟ قَالَ: مَوْضِعُ السُّجُودِ حَسْبُ.

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