Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 1044

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَوْمًا بِأَصْحَابِهِ فَلَمَّا قَضَى الصَّلاَةَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى الْقَوْمِ بِوَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ يَرْفَعُونَ أَبْصَارَهُمْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ حَتَّى اشْتَدَّ قَوْلُهُ فِي ذَلِكَ ‏"‏ لَيَنْتَهُنَّ عَنْ ذَلِكَ أَوْ لَيَخْطَفَنَّ اللَّهُ أَبْصَارَهُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Nasr ibn Ali al-Jahdami narrated to us: Abd al-Ala narrated to us: Said narrated to us, from Qatadah, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: One day the Messenger of Allah led his companions in prayer. When he had finished, he turned to the people and said: “What is the matter with people who raise their eyes to the sky?” He spoke sternly about it, saying: “They must stop doing that, or Allah will snatch away their sight.”