Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1196
Arabic hadith text
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ، عَنْ أَشْعَثَ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّعْثَاءِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، - رضى الله عنها - قَالَتْ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ الاِلْتِفَاتِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ " اخْتِلاَسٌ يَخْتَلِسُهُ الشَّيْطَانُ مِنَ الصَّلاَةِ " .
Translation
‘Amr ibn ‘Ali reported to us; he said: ‘Abd al-Rahman reported to us; he said: Za’idah reported to us, from Ash‘ath ibn Abi al-Sha‘tha’, from his father, from Masruq, from ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about turning around during prayer. He said: “It is a snatching; Satan snatches it from the prayer.”