Sometimes a person is afflicted with waswas (whispers) during prayer; how can he get rid of them?

Question : He says: Sometimes a person is afflicted with waswas (whispers) during prayer in matters of good, just as in other matters. How does one get rid of waswas (whispers) in prayer?

Answer : This is a reference to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who ordered that a person spit to his left three times and seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan. By doing so, it will be removed from him. If he is in the row, spitting to the left is not possible, but it appears to me that he should seek refuge in Allah from Shaytan three times, and the spitting is dropped from him because it causes harm to others. Similarly, the sitting in the final tashahhud is dropped from him if it causes harm to others, and many other things of this kind. For example, touching the Black Stone is dropped from him if it causes harm due to the crowd. Yes, indeed.