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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Getting Rid of Satan’s Whispers in Prayer

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Question:
This person is asking about how to get rid of Satan’s whispers in prayer?

Answer:
Seek refuge in Allah from Satan at the beginning of the prayer, have your heart present, and remember who you are standing before, and He is Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). So if you remember the greatness of Allah and that you are standing before Allah, the whispers will go away from you. Also, do not enter the prayer while your mind is distracted, whether by being in the presence of food and entering the prayer while your soul desires that food.
Likewise, if you are preoccupied with urination or defecation, relieve yourself before you enter the prayer and perform wudu’ so that you enter the prayer prepared for it. Cut off the distractions that occupy you while you are in prayer. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There is no prayer in the presence of food
nor at the moment when one is struggling with two evils (e.g. when one is feeling the call of nature.)ولا وهو يدافعه الاخبثان
Sunan Abi Dawud 89Sahih (Al-Albani)
urination and defecation. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-03-التوبة آداب وأحكام|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (50:44)

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