Excessive distraction in prayer and its remedy
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Question:
This questioner sent a set of questions, beginning this message with the ruling on excessive distraction for the imam and the ma'mum in prayer,
Answer:
This is something beyond a person's control, but if it becomes frequent, it causes the reward to be lost, and a person does not receive from the reward of the prayer except what he understood and what was present in his heart. He should try to keep his heart present, leave aside distracting thoughts, and seek refuge in Allah from Satan at the beginning of the prayer, after the opening supplication and before reciting al-Fatihah. He should seek refuge in Allah from Satan so that he does not whisper to him. So work on the means that drive Satan away from you and keep your heart present. Reflect on the Qur'an when you recite it or hear it.
This questioner sent a set of questions, beginning this message with the ruling on excessive distraction for the imam and the ma'mum in prayer,
Answer:
This is something beyond a person's control, but if it becomes frequent, it causes the reward to be lost, and a person does not receive from the reward of the prayer except what he understood and what was present in his heart. He should try to keep his heart present, leave aside distracting thoughts, and seek refuge in Allah from Satan at the beginning of the prayer, after the opening supplication and before reciting al-Fatihah. He should seek refuge in Allah from Satan so that he does not whisper to him. So work on the means that drive Satan away from you and keep your heart present. Reflect on the Qur'an when you recite it or hear it.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/204 — archive.org (11:28)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.