Asl Sifat Salat al-Nabi - Nasir al-Din al-Albani - (1/236)

“When you pray, do not look around, for Allah turns His Face toward the face of His servant during the prayer as long as he does not turn away.” (1)

He also said about turning one’s head: “It is a snatching that Satan steals from a person’s prayer.” (2)

He ﷺ said: “Allah keeps turning toward His servant while he is praying so long as he does not look around; but when he turns his face, Allah turns away from him.” (3)

He ﷺ “forbade three things: pecking like a rooster, sitting on the haunches like a dog, and glancing about like a fox.” (4)

He ﷺ used to say: “Pray a farewell prayer, as though you see Him; for even if you do not see Him, He sees you.” (5)

He also said: “Whenever a Muslim is present for an obligatory prayer and perfects its ablution, its humility, and its bowing, it becomes an expiation for the sins that preceded it, provided he does not commit a major sin—and that remains the case for all time.” (6)

(1) Reported by al-Tirmidhi and al-Hakim, and both declared it authentic; see Sahih al-Targhib, no. 552. (2) Reported by al-Bukhari and Abu Dawud. (3) Reported by Abu Dawud and others; graded authentic by Ibn Khuzaymah and Ibn Hibban; see Sahih al-Targhib, no. 554. (4) Reported by Ahmad and Abu Ya‘la; see Sahih al-Targhib, no. 555. (5) Reported by al-Mukhlis in Ahadith Muntaqah, al-Tabarani, al-Ruyani, al-Diyya in al-Mukhtarah, Ibn Majah, Ahmad, and Ibn Asakir; authenticated by the jurist al-Haytami in Asna al-Matalib. (6) Reported by Muslim.

" فإذا صليتم؛ فلا تلتفتوا؛ فإن الله يَنْصُبُ وجهه لوجه عبده في صلاته؛ ما لم يلتفت " (١) . وقال أيضاً عن التلفُّت: " اختلاس يختلسه الشيطان من صلاة العبد " (٢) . وقال ﷺ: " لا يزال الله مقبلاً على العبد في صلاته؛ ما لم يلتفت، فإذا صرف وجهه؛ انصرف عنه " (٣) . و" نهى عن ثلاث: عن نقرة كنقرة الديك، وإقعاء كإقعاء الكلب، والتفات كالتفات الثعلب " (٤) . وكان ﷺ يقول: " صل صلاة مُوَدِّعٍ كأنك تراه، فإن كنت لا تراه؛ فإنه يراك " (٥) . ويقول: " ما من امرئ مسلم تحضره صلاة مكتوبة، فيحسن وضوءها، وخشوعها، وركوعها؛ إلا كانت كفارة لما قبلها من الذنوب؛ ما لم يُؤْتِ كبيرةً، وذلك الدهرَ كلَّه " (٦) .

(١) [أخرجه] الترمذي، والحاكم؛ وصححاه. " صحيح الترغيب " (٥٥٢) . (٢) [أخرجه] البخاري، وأبو داود. (٣) رواه أبو داود وغيره، وصححه ابن خزيمة وابن حبان. " صحيح الترغيب " (٥٥٤) . (٤) [رواه] أحمد، وأبو يعلى. " صحيح الترغيب " (٥٥٥) . (٥) [رواه] المُخَلِّص في " أحاديث منتقاة "، والطبراني، والروياني، والضياء في " المختارة "، وابن ماجه، وأحمد، وابن عساكر، وصححه الهيتمي الفقيه في " أسنى المطالب ". (٦) [رواه] مسلم.