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Sahih al-Bukhari 751

I asked the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) about looking hither and thither in prayer. He replied, “It is a way of stealing by which Satan takes away (a portion) from the prayer of a person.”

Aishah bint Abi Bakrnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
7names in the chain
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حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَشْعَثُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

قَالَتْ: سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ الاِلْتِفَاتِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ: «هُوَ اخْتِلَاسٌ يَخْتَلِسُهُ الشَّيْطَانُ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَبْدِ»

I asked the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) about looking hither and thither in prayer. He replied, “It is a way of stealing by which Satan takes away (a portion) from the prayer of a person.”

‘আয়িশাহ্ (রাযি.) হতে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, আমি আল্লাহর রাসূল সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম -কে সালাতে এদিক ওদিক তাকানো সম্পর্কে জিজ্ঞেস করলাম। তিনি বললেনঃ এটা এক ধরনের ছিনতাই, যার মাধ্যমে শয়তান বান্দার সালাত হতে অংশ বিশেষ ছিনিয়ে নেয়। (৩২৯১)

ہم سے مسدد بن مسرہد نے بیان کیا، کہا کہ ہم سے ابوالاحوص سلام بن سلیم نے بیان کیا، کہا کہ ہم سے اشعث بن سلیم نے بیان کیا اپنے والد کے واسطے سے، انہوں نے مسروق بن اجدع سے، انہوں نے عائشہ رضی اللہ عنہا سے آپ نے بتلایا کہ میں نے رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم سے نماز میں ادھر ادھر دیکھنے کے بارے میں پوچھا۔

آپ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا کہ یہ تو ڈاکہ ہے جو شیطان بندے کی نماز پر ڈالتا ہے۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Musaddad] berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Al Ahwash] berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Asy'ats bin Sulaim] dari [Bapaknya] dari [Masruq] dari ['Aisyah] berkata, "Aku bertanya kepada Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam tentang menoleh dalam shalat." Maka Beliau bersabda: "Itu adalah sambaran yang sangat cepat yang dilakukan oleh setan terhadap shalatnya hamba

Aişe (radiyallahu anha) şöyle demiştir: "Resulullah Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem'e namazda iken baş'ı sağ'a sol'a çevirmenin hükmünü sordum. Bana şu cevabı verdi: Bu şeytan'ın, kul'un namazından bir kısmını kapıp aşırmasıdır. Tekrar:

Sahih al-Bukhari 751, Book 10, Call to Prayers (Adhaan), Hadith 145. 1 min read

What it means

‘Ā’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) asked the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) about the ruling on looking hither and thither during the prayer, and whether it affects the validity of prayer. He told her that this looking is a means by which the devil snatches away a portion of a slave’s prayer in a swift and hidden manner so as to affect its validity and decrease its reward.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam al-Bukhari back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam al-BukhariCompiler, died 256 AH
  2. 2Musaddad ibn MusarhadTold us, Fourth generation, died 228 AH
  3. 3Abu al-Ahwas Sallam ibn SulaymTold us, Third generation, died 179 AH
  4. 4Ashath ibn Abi ash-ShathaTold us, Successor, died 125 AH
  5. 5Sulaym ibn AswadFrom, Successor, died 82 AH
  6. 6Masruq ibn al-AjdaFrom, Successor, died 62 AH
  7. 7Aishah bint Abi BakrFrom, Companion, died 57 AH

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