Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3291
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ أَشْعَثَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، قَالَ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الْتِفَاتِ الرَّجُلِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ. فَقَالَ " هُوَ اخْتِلاَسٌ يَخْتَلِسُ الشَّيْطَانُ مِنْ صَلاَةِ أَحَدِكُمْ ".
Translation
Al-Hasan ibn al-Rabiʿ narrated to us: Abu al-Ahwas narrated to us, from Ashʿath, from his father, from Masruq, who said: ʿAʾisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I asked the Prophet ﷺ about a man looking around during prayer. He replied: ‘That is a snatching; Satan snatches it from one of your prayers.’
Translation notes
Rendered اختلاس as ‘snatching’ to preserve the metaphor in the Arabic.