What is the ruling on closing the eyes during prayer?
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Question:
What is the ruling on closing the eyes during prayer, since I close my eyes because I am afraid of looking here and there and becoming distracted from the matters of prayer? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Closing the eyes during prayer is disliked (makruh) and is not part of the Sunnah. The Sunnah is to open the eyes and look, and there is no harm in that, but one should lower the gaze to the place of prostration, so that the sight is directed toward the place of prostration, in order to attain humility. This is the Sunnah. As for closing the eyes, it is not prescribed; rather, it is disliked. In fact, some scholars have said that it is an act of the Jews. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
What is the ruling on closing the eyes during prayer, since I close my eyes because I am afraid of looking here and there and becoming distracted from the matters of prayer? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Closing the eyes during prayer is disliked (makruh) and is not part of the Sunnah. The Sunnah is to open the eyes and look, and there is no harm in that, but one should lower the gaze to the place of prostration, so that the sight is directed toward the place of prostration, in order to attain humility. This is the Sunnah. As for closing the eyes, it is not prescribed; rather, it is disliked. In fact, some scholars have said that it is an act of the Jews. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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