حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ح و حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ وَهَذَا حَدِيثُهُ وَهُوَ أَتَمُّ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ الطَّائِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ قَالَ دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَرَأَی فِيهِ نَاسًا يُصَلُّونَ رَافِعِي أَيْدِيهِمْ إِلَی السَّمَائِ ثُمَّ اتَّفَقَا فَقَالَ لَيَنْتَهِيَنَّ رِجَالٌ يَشْخَصُونَ أَبْصَارَهُمْ إِلَی السَّمَائِ قَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ فِي الصَّلَاةِ أَوْلَا تَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ أَبْصَارُهُمْ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 912
Jabir 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 said: People must stop raising their eyes to the heaven. The narrator Musaddad said: During prayer, otherwise their sight will be taken away.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020