Looking around in prayer

Turning to look around is something Shaytan steals from the prayer.

Narrated by Aishah

I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about looking around in prayer. He said: "It is a snatching which Shaytan snatches from the prayer of the servant."

Sahih al-Bukhari 751

What this hadith teaches

Every distraction is a small theft from our prayer. Phones on silent and eyes lowered protect it.

Reference and grade

Grade
Sahih (in Sahih al-Bukhari)
Narrator
Aishah

The hadith in Arabic نص الحديث

هُوَ اخْتِلاَسٌ يَخْتَلِسُهُ الشَّيْطَانُ مِنْ صَلاَةِ الْعَبْدِ

Arabic text of Sahih al-Bukhari 751, as given on sunnah.com.