Raising the Gaze to the Sky in Prayer
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Question:
The questioner asks about raising the gaze to the sky during prayer without raising the head, and whether this falls under the prohibition mentioned in the hadith?
Answer:
Yes, it is the prohibition. It is not permissible to raise the gaze. Let a group of people stop raising their eyes in prayer, or their eyes will not return to them, or their eyes will be plucked out. It is not permissible to raise the gaze to the sky while one is praying. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh
The questioner asks about raising the gaze to the sky during prayer without raising the head, and whether this falls under the prohibition mentioned in the hadith?
Answer:
Yes, it is the prohibition. It is not permissible to raise the gaze. Let a group of people stop raising their eyes in prayer, or their eyes will not return to them, or their eyes will be plucked out. It is not permissible to raise the gaze to the sky while one is praying. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/133 — archive.org (6:55)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.