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Sunan Abi Dawud 914 (Book 2, Hadith 525) #21206
Distractions in Prayer

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was distracted by the prints and paintings on a sheet of cloth he was wearing, so he asked for it to be taken away and replaced with a blanket.

Aishah said : the Messenger of Allah once prayed with a sheet of cloth upon him. It had prints and paintings. He said: The prints of this (sheet) distracted my attention; take it to Abu Jahm and bring a blanket to me.
حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فِي خَمِيصَةٍ لَهَا أَعْلاَمٌ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ شَغَلَتْنِي أَعْلاَمُ هَذِهِ اذْهَبُوا بِهَا إِلَى أَبِي جَهْمٍ وَأْتُونِي بِأَنْبِجَانِيَّتِهِ

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prayer  *  distraction  *  cloth  *  blanket

QUICK LESSONS:
Take care to ensure your environment is free from distractions when engaging in acts of worship such as prayer; strive to keep yourself free from any kind of distraction or temptation while worshipping Allah; focus your attention on Allah alone; keep your heart pure and devoted only to Him.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of focusing during prayer. The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was praying when he noticed that the prints and paintings on his sheet of cloth were distracting him from his prayer. He asked for it to be taken away and replaced with a blanket, which would not distract him from his worship. This teaches us that we should take care to ensure that our environment is free from distractions when we are engaging in acts of worship such as prayer, so that we can focus our attention on Allah alone. We should also strive to keep ourselves free from any kind of distraction or temptation while worshipping Him, so that our hearts may remain pure and devoted only to Him.

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