Praying Quickly and Without Khushu'

Question:
Sami asks, saying: What is the ruling on one who prays quickly and without khushu'? Does he get any share of his prayer?

Answer:
Allah knows best regarding intentions and purposes, but a prayer performed without khushu' (humility) is not accepted, for khushu' is the spirit of the prayer. The one who prays while his heart is distracted, preoccupied with this and that, and his heart is not present, is not ordered to repeat it because he prayed outwardly, but he will not be rewarded for his prayer because his heart was not present in it. In the hadith: from it. He may be credited with nothing, he may be credited with a quarter of it, he may be credited with half of it, or he may be credited with whatever portion of his heart was present in his prayer. Yes.