to Aishah: "Remove this qiram (curtain) of yours from us, for its images continue to present themselves to me in my prayer." It was narrated by al-Bukhari (62). It is disliked to raise the gaze; because of what al-Bukhari (63) narrated that Anas said, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "What is wrong with people who raise their eyes to the sky during their prayer!" He spoke strongly about that, until he said: "They must stop, or their eyesight will surely be snatched away." It is also disliked for a man to pray with his hand on his waist (khasirah); because of what Abu Hurayrah narrated, that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade a man from praying while placing his hand on his waist (mutakhassiran). It was narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim (64). And from Ziyad ibn Subayh al-Hanafi, who said: I prayed next to Ibn Umar and I placed my hand on my waist, so when he
= And in: The Chapter of Whoever Disliked It (i.e., wearing silk), from the Book of Dress. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/210, 2/371. It was also extracted by al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter of Permission to Pray in a Khamisah with Patterns, from the Book of Qiblah. Al-Mujtaba 2/56. And Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter of the Clothing of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), from the Book of Dress. Sunan Ibn Majah 2/1176. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 6/37. (61) Al-Qiram: A thin screen or curtain that has designs and patterns. (62) In: The Chapter of If One Prays in a Garment with Crosses or Images, Does His Prayer Become Invalid, and What is Forbidden of That, from the Book of Prayer; and in: The Chapter of Dislike of Praying Among Images, from the Book of Dress. Sahih al-Bukhari 1/105, 7/216. It was also extracted by Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 3/151, 283. (63) In: The Chapter of Raising the Eyes to the Sky During Prayer, from the Book of Adhan. Sahih al-Bukhari 1/190, 191. It was also extracted by Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter of Looking During Prayer, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/209, 210. And al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter of Prohibition of Raising the Eyes to the Sky During Prayer, from the Book of Sahw. And Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter of Humility in Prayer, from the Book of Establishing Prayer. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/332. And al-Darimi, in: The Chapter of Dislike of Raising the Eyes to the Sky During Prayer, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan al-Darimi 1/298. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 3/109, 112, 115, 116, 140, 258. (64) Extracted by al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter of the Waist in Prayer, from the Book of Actions in Prayer. Sahih al-Bukhari 2/84. And Muslim, in: The Chapter of the Dislike of Ikhtisar (Placing Hands on the Waist) in Prayer, from the Book of Mosques. Sahih Muslim 1/387. It was also extracted by Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter of a Man Praying While Ikhtisar, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/217. And al-Tirmidhi, in: The Chapter of What Was Mentioned Regarding the Prohibition of Ikhtisar in Prayer, from the Chapters of Prayer. Aridat al-Ahwadhi 2/175, 176. And al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter of the Prohibition of Takhtsir (Placing Hands on the Waist) in Prayer, from the Book of Opening the Prayer. Al-Mujtaba 2/98. And al-Darimi, in: The Chapter of Prohibition of Ikhtisar in Prayer, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan al-Darimi 1/332. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 2/232, 290, 295, 331, 399.
