The ruling on closing the eyes during prayer
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Question:
The questioner asks, Shaykh: What is the ruling on closing the eyes in order to attain khushu' (humility) as well?
Answer:
It is disliked to close the eyes in prayer because it involves imitating the Jews. Therefore, it is disliked to close the eyes in prayer except out of necessity, such as if there is something in front of him that distracts him, and he closes his eyes from it for the sake of khushu' (humility), then there is no harm. Yes.
The questioner asks, Shaykh: What is the ruling on closing the eyes in order to attain khushu' (humility) as well?
Answer:
It is disliked to close the eyes in prayer because it involves imitating the Jews. Therefore, it is disliked to close the eyes in prayer except out of necessity, such as if there is something in front of him that distracts him, and he closes his eyes from it for the sake of khushu' (humility), then there is no harm. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/276 — archive.org (12:30)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.