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tabarani:9173 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > al-Masʿūdī > Abū al-Ḥusayn / Ziyād b. Fayyāḍ > Tamīm b. Salamah > ʿAbdullāh Mā Yaʾman al--Adhī Yarfaʿ Raʾsah Qabl > Yarfaʿ al-Imām Raʾsah

[Machine] "Abdullah said, 'No one should feel secure that he lifts his head before the Imam lifts his head, otherwise his head will turn into the head of a dog, and some people should stop raising their gazes to the sky, or their vision will be taken away.'"  

الطبراني:٩١٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي الْحُسَيْنِ يَعْنِي زِيَادَ بْنَ فَيَّاضٍ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللهِ «مَا يَأْمَنُ الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ الْإِمَامُ رَأْسَهُ أَنْ يَعُودَ رَأْسُهُ رَأْسَ كَلْبٍ وَلَيَنْتَهِيَنَّ أَقْوَامٌ يَرْفَعُونَ أَبْصَارَهُمْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ أَوْ لَيُخْطَفَنَّ أَبْصَارُهُمْ»  

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ahmad:8802 – Khalaf > al-Mubārak > al-Ḥasanuʿan Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "I see that the Prophet ﷺ said, 'People should stop raising their gaze during prayer up to the sky, or else Allah will snatch away their sight.'"  

أحمد:٨٨٠٢ – حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُبَارَكُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

وَأُرَاهُ ذَكَرَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَيَنْتَهِيَنَّ أَقْوَامٌ يَرْفَعُونَ أَبْصَارَهُمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ أَوْ لَيَخْطِفَنَّ اللهُ أَبْصَارَهُمْ  

ahmad:8408 – Abū al-Naḍr > al-Mubārak > al-Ḥasan > Abū Hurayrah

“Let those who lift their gaze to the heavens desist, or their sight will not come back.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1045)   

أحمد:٨٤٠٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُبَارَكُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ وَأُرَاهُ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَيَنْتَهِيَنَّ أَقْوَامٌ يَرْفَعُونَ أَبْصَارَهُمْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ أَوْ لَتُخْطَفَنَّ أَبْصَارُهُمْ  

tabarani:9174 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > Misʿar > Ziyād b. Fayyāḍ > Tamīm b. Salamah > ʿAbdullāh Mā Yaʾman Aḥadukum

[Machine] To raise one's head during prayer before the imam, and to return one's head like a dog's head, and to stop those who raise their eyes during prayer, or it does not return to them.  

الطبراني:٩١٧٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا مِسْعَرٍ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ فَيَّاضٍ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ «§مَا يَأْمَنُ أَحَدُكُمْ

أَنْ يَرْفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يَعُودَ رَأْسُهُ رَأْسَ كَلْبٍ وَلَيَنْتَهِيَنَّ أَقْوَامٌ يَرْفَعُونَ أَبْصَارَهُمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ أَوْ لَا تَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ»  

tabarani:9175 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Thawrī > Ziyād b. Fayyāḍ > Tamīm b. Salamah

[Machine] Abdullah said, "What can be believed of a man who raises his head before the Imam is that his head will be like that of a dog, and some people raise their gaze to the sky and it will not return to them."  

الطبراني:٩١٧٥ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ فَيَّاضٍ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللهِ «مَا يُؤْمَنُ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يَعُودَ رَأْسُهُ رَأْسَ كَلْبٍ لَيَنْتَهِيَنَّ أَقْوَامٌ يَرْفَعُونَ أَبْصَارَهُمْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ أَوْ لَا تَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ»  

suyuti:430-72b – Ibn Masʿūd Mā Yuʾammin al-a man Idhā Rafaʿ Raʾsah Qabl al-Imām
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:٤٣٠-٧٢b –

"عَنِ ابْن مَسْعُودٍ، مَا يُؤَمِّنُ الرَّجُل إِذَا رَفَعَ رَأسَهُ قَبْلَ الإِمَامِ أَنْ تَعُودَ رَأَسُهُ رَأسَ كَلْبٍ، لَيَنْتَهينَّ أَقُوَامٌ يَرْفَعُونَ أَبْصَارَهُمْ إِلَى السَّمَاء أَوْ لَا يَرْجعُ إِلَيْهمْ".  

[عب] عبد الرازق