Sahih al-BukhariVolume 1 • Book 12 • Hadith 718

Characteristics of Prayer — Hadith 718

English Translation

Narrated 'Aisha: I asked Allah's Apostle about looking hither and thither in prayer. He replied, "It is a way of stealing by which Satan takes away (a portion) from the prayer of a person."

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