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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