حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ الْحِزَامِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِي مُحَمَّدُ ابْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ أَبِي وَدَاعَةَ السَّهْمِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي مُوسَی بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي مُصْعَبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ بِنْتِ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ کَانَ النَّاسُ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا قَامَ الْمُصَلِّي يُصَلِّي لَمْ يَعْدُ بَصَرُ أَحَدِهِمْ مَوْضِعَ قَدَمَيْهِ فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَکَانَ النَّاسُ إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُهُمْ يُصَلِّي لَمْ يَعْدُ بَصَرُ أَحَدِهِمْ مَوْضِعَ جَبِينِهِ فَتُوُفِّيَ أَبُو بَکْرٍ وَکَانَ عُمَرُ فَکَانَ النَّاسُ إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُهُمْ يُصَلِّي لَمْ يَعْدُ بَصَرُ أَحَدِهِمْ مَوْضِعَ الْقِبْلَةِ وَکَانَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ فَکَانَتْ الْفِتْنَةُ فَتَلَفَّتَ النَّاسُ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 1634
It was narrated that Umm Salamah bint Abi Umayyah the wife of the Prophet P.B.U.H' said: "At the time of the Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H' if a person stood to pray, his gaze would not go beyond his feet. When the Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H died, if a person stood to pray, his gaze would not go beyond the place where he put his forehead when prostrating. Then Abu Bakr died and it was 'Umar (the caliph). So, when any person stood to pray his gaze would not go beyond the Qiblah. Then came the time of 'Uthman bin 'Affan, and there was Fitnah (tribulation, turmoil), and the people started to look right and left." (Da'if)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020