Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1193

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، وَشُعَيْبُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ - عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ يَرْفَعُونَ أَبْصَارَهُمْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فِي صَلاَتِهِمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَاشْتَدَّ قَوْلُهُ فِي ذَلِكَ حَتَّى قَالَ ‏"‏ لَيَنْتَهُنَّ عَنْ ذَلِكَ أَوْ لَتُخْطَفَنَّ أَبْصَارُهُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

‘Ubayd Allah ibn Sa‘id and Shu‘ayb ibn Yusuf reported to us, from Yahya—namely, Ibn Sa‘id al-Qattan—from Ibn Abi ‘Arubah, from Qatadah, from Anas ibn Malik, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “What is the matter with people who raise their eyes toward the sky while praying?” He spoke sternly about this until he said: “They must stop doing that, or their eyesight will surely be snatched away.”