Raising the Gaze to the Sky in the Supplication of Qunut
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it prescribed in the supplication of qunut during prayer to raise one’s gaze to the sky?
The Shaykh:
No, and not in the qunut either. One does not raise his gaze in prayer, neither in the qunut nor in anything else. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
The warning that Allah will snatch away his sight and blind him is not permissible. Yes. But the ignorant person is not held accountable; Allah does not hold the ignorant person accountable. As for one who knows and is aware that it is not permissible, he is in danger. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it prescribed in the supplication of qunut during prayer to raise one’s gaze to the sky?
The Shaykh:
No, and not in the qunut either. One does not raise his gaze in prayer, neither in the qunut nor in anything else. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
The warning that Allah will snatch away his sight and blind him is not permissible. Yes. But the ignorant person is not held accountable; Allah does not hold the ignorant person accountable. As for one who knows and is aware that it is not permissible, he is in danger. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب نظر المصلي إلى سجوده والنهي عن رفع البصر في الصلاة — islamhouse.com (51:50)
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