What is the ruling on looking at the Ka'bah during prayer?
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Question:
Is it true that it is part of the Sunnah to look at the Ka'bah instead of the place of prostration in the obligatory prayers?
Answer:
No, in the prayer it is not permissible to look at the Ka'bah or at anything else; rather, you look at the place of your prostration, and you do not look in front of you or above you. There is no evidence that looking at the Ka'bah is an act of worship. The tawaf (circumambulation) of the Ka'bah and facing the Ka'bah in prayer, that is the worship. As for looking at it, no evidence has come that it is an act of worship. Yes.
Is it true that it is part of the Sunnah to look at the Ka'bah instead of the place of prostration in the obligatory prayers?
Answer:
No, in the prayer it is not permissible to look at the Ka'bah or at anything else; rather, you look at the place of your prostration, and you do not look in front of you or above you. There is no evidence that looking at the Ka'bah is an act of worship. The tawaf (circumambulation) of the Ka'bah and facing the Ka'bah in prayer, that is the worship. As for looking at it, no evidence has come that it is an act of worship. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم النظر إلى الكعبة أثناء الصلاة؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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