Chapter Introduction
٣١٥ ـ باب كراهة الالتفات في الصلاة لغير عذر
Riyad-us-Saliheen
Chapter 315: About Dislike of Turning One's
Hadith 1007: Hadith 1007
١٠٠٧ - عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهَا قَالَتْ : سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَنِ الالتفات في الصلاة ، فَقَالَ : هُوَ اخْتِلاَسٌ يَخْتَلِسُهُ الشَّيْطَانُ مِنْ صَلَاةِ العَبْدِ رَوَاهُ البُخاري
Translation: 1007. Narrated A'isha may Allah be pleased with her; ' I asked Allah's Messenger About turning one's eyes to the right and the left sides during prayer and he said: " It is something that Satan snatches from a servant's prayer. " (Bukhari)
وَلِلتّرمِذي عَنْ أَنَّسٍ وَصَحْحَهُ : إِيَّاكَ والَالتفات فِي الصَّلَاةِ ، فَإِنَّهُ هَلَكَةٌ ، فَإِنْ كَانَ لَا بُدَّ فَفِي التِّطَوَعِ
Translation: At-Termizi compiled that the Messenger of Allah said: " Avoid looking sideways when you are engaged in prayer, for looking sideways is destruction. And if you must do it, do so in the voluntary prayers. "