Where should we look during Salah?
During Salah, the prescribed places to look can vary based on the actions being performed. According to Al-Kafi, it is emphasized that when you face the Qibla with your face, do not turn your face away from the Qibla to spoil your prayer.
Al-Kafi 4:137 This indicates the importance of maintaining focus on the Qibla during prayer.
Additionally, during standing, it is recommended that worshipers look at their place of prostration. This practice is supported by some scholars who believe that looking at the prostration point enhances humility and concentration in prayer. Ibn Kathir explains that during the standing position, one should ideally look ahead, but there are various opinions on whether to look at the place of prostration or to fix one's gaze downward.
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Al-Kafi 4:137
Al-Kafi · Book 4, Hadith 137
I asked him about the saying of Allah, the Almighty and Majestic: 'Then We caused the Book to be inherited by those We chose of Our servants.' He said, 'It refers to the children of Fatimah (peace be upon her). The one who hastens to good deeds is the Imam, the moderate one is the one who recognizes the Imam, and the wrongdoer to himself is the one who does not know the Imam.' — OR — I asked Abu Abdullah (peace be upon him) about a man who covers himself with a single garment (to sit leaning). He said, "If it covers his private parts, there is no harm." — OR — When you face the Qibla with your face, do not turn your face away from the Qibla to spoil your prayer. God Almighty said to His Prophet in the obligatory prayer: 'Turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Haram, and wherever you are, turn your faces toward it.' Lower your gaze and do not raise it skyward. Let the front of your face be placed where you prostrate. — OR — I said to him, ‘A runaway slave killed a man by mistake; who takes responsibility for him?’ He replied, ‘His master reconciles with the heirs of the slain. If his master refuses, then he is handed over to the heirs, serves them until the one who caused him to run away dies, then returns a free man with no claims over him.’ In another narration, it is added that the value of the slave is assessed.
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