Looking during bowing and prostration in prayer
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Question : Welcome. Peace be upon you. You are asking, Honorable Shaykh, about how the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed while looking during bowing and prostration, Shaykh?
Answer : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets and the Imam of the righteous, and upon his family and his Companions, and those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment. Prostration is known to a person; his face is toward the ground, so he looks at something else. In bowing, one looks at the place of prostration or at the part of the ground opposite his eyes. The matter in this is broad, and praise be to Allah. Praise be to Allah. A person does not turn his head to the right and left, nor does he let his gaze wander ahead of the one who is going and the one who is coming.
Some people have mentioned that if he closes his eyes, it is more reverent for him. We say: do not close your eyes, because the adornment of closing the eyes in prayer is from Shaytan.
O Allah, except if something happens during the prayer that necessitates closing your eyes, then at that time close your eyes. But to begin the prayer from the start by closing your eyes, no.
Answer : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets and the Imam of the righteous, and upon his family and his Companions, and those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment. Prostration is known to a person; his face is toward the ground, so he looks at something else. In bowing, one looks at the place of prostration or at the part of the ground opposite his eyes. The matter in this is broad, and praise be to Allah. Praise be to Allah. A person does not turn his head to the right and left, nor does he let his gaze wander ahead of the one who is going and the one who is coming.
Some people have mentioned that if he closes his eyes, it is more reverent for him. We say: do not close your eyes, because the adornment of closing the eyes in prayer is from Shaytan.
O Allah, except if something happens during the prayer that necessitates closing your eyes, then at that time close your eyes. But to begin the prayer from the start by closing your eyes, no.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 316- النظر عند الركوع والسجود في الصلاة /سؤال على الهاتف /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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