Sunan Abi Dawud · Prayer (Tafarah Abwab Estaftah Assalah)
باب النَّظَرِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ
Chapter: Looking (Up) In The Prayer.
4 hadith · references 912–915
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Abu Dawud · 912لَيَنْتَهِيَنَّ رِجَالٌ يَشْخَصُونَ أَبْصَارَهُمْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِJabir bin Samurah said (this is the version of the narrator Uthman): The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the mosque and saw there some people praying raising their hand towards the heaven. (This Is the common version: ) He 8 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 913مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ يَرْفَعُونَ أَبْصَارَهُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْAnas bin Malik reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ assaying: What is the matter that people raise their (Upwards) in prayer. He then said sternly: They should stop doing that, otherwise their sight will be snatched away.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 914شَغَلَتْنِي أَعْلَامُ هَذِهِ اذْهَبُوا بِهَا إِلَى أَبِي جَهْمٍ وَأْتُونِيAishah said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ once prayed with a sheet of cloth upon him. It had prints and paintings. He said: The prints of this (sheet) distracted my attention; take it to Abu Jahm and bring a blanket to me.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 915حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ هِشَامًا يُحَدِّثُ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ بِهَذَا الْخَبَThe above-mentioned tradition has also been narrated by Aishah through a different chain of transmitters. This version adds: He (the prophet) took a kind of sheet of cloth known as kurdi which belongs to Abu Jahm. The pe6 narrators