[Machine] I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about looking around during prayer, and he said it is a diversion that the devil steals from the worshipper's prayer.  

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الِالْتِفَاتِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ هُوَ اخْتِلَاسٌ يَخْتَلِسُهُ الشَّيْطَانُ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَبْدِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah will continue to face the servant as long as he is in prayer, as long as he does not turn away. But when he turns his face away, Allah will also turn away from him."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَزَالُ اللهُ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ مُقْبِلًا عَلَى الْعَبْدِ وَهُوَ فِي صَلَاتِهِ مَا لَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ فَإِذَا الْتَفَتَ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُ 3532 أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّغَانِيُّ ثنا أَبُو صَالِحٍ ثنا اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْأَحْوَصِ يُحَدِّثُ فِي مَجْلِسِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ أَنَّ أَبَا ذَرٍّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَزَالُ اللهُ ﷻ مُقْبِلًا عَلَى الْعَبْدِ مَا لَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ فَإِذَا صَرَفَ وَجْهَهُ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُ وَرَوَاهُ الْحَارِثُ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِمَعْنَاهُ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Verily, Allah has revealed to Yahya ibn Zakariya. He stood and praised Allah and spoke highly of Him. Then he said, 'Indeed, Allah has commanded you with prayer, and when a servant stands to pray, Allah turns His face towards him. So, the servant should not turn his face away from Allah until he is the one who turns away his face.' Abu Dawood narrated it from Mu'awiyah, and he said in the narration, 'So, when you set up your faces, do not turn back.' Yahya ibn Abi Kathir narrated it from Zaid ibn Salam, and he said, 'So, when you stand for prayer, do not turn back.'  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ أَوْحَى إِلَى يَحْيَى بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا فَقَامَ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ أَمَرَكُمْ بِالصَّلَاةِ وَإِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا قَامَ يُصَلِّي اسْتَقْبَلَهُ اللهُ بِوَجْهِهِ فَلَا يَصْرِفُ وَجْهَهُ عَنْهُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ الْعَبْدُ هُوَ الَّذِي يَصْرِفُ وَجْهَهُ عَنْهُ وَرَوَاهُ أَبُو تَوْبَةَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَقَالَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ فَإِذَا نَصَبْتُمْ وُجُوهَكُمْ فَلَا تَلْتَفِتُوا وَرَوَاهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ سَلَّامٍ وَقَالَ فَإِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَلَا تَلْتَفِتُوا