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ibnmajah:1043 – ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Ṭalḥah b. Yaḥyá > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Sālim > Ibn ʿUmar

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Do not lift your gaze to the heavens lest your sight be snatched away,” meaning during prayer.

ابن ماجة:١٠٤٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا طَلْحَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ تَرْفَعُوا أَبْصَارَكُمْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ أَنْ تَلْتَمِعَ يَعْنِي فِي الصَّلاَةِ

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“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Do not lift your gaze to the heavens lest your sight be snatched away,” meaning during prayer. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1043)

ابن حبّان:٢٢٨١ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السَّامِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْأَيْلِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا تَرْفَعُوا أَبْصَارَكُمْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ أَنْ تُلْتَمَعَ» يَعْنِي فِي الصَّلَاةِ

tabarani:5436 – ʿAmr b. Abū al-Ṭāhir b. al-Sarḥ al-Miṣrī > Abū Ṣāliḥ al-Ḥarrānī > Ibn Lahīʿah > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you is praying, do not raise his gaze to the sky, for it will not be returned to him."

الطبراني:٥٤٣٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِي الطَّاهِرِ بْنِ السَّرْحِ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا أَبُو صَالِحٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ ثنا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ يُصَلِّي فَلَا يَرْفَعْ بَصَرَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ لَا يَلْتَمِعُ»