Assalam alaekum my brother n sisters in Islam, sometimes when am praying I easily loose concentrations except when I close my eyes, but i don't know if it is allow in Islam, so I need the help of the scholars in the house. ma salam

Walaikum Salam brother.According to Imam Ibn Qayyim,he said:Shutting the eyes during the prayers was not among the manners of the Prophet(pbuh)[No basis in the authentic hadiths].
It is known that he used to look at his index finger while sitting for Tashhud and his sight did not pass over its gesture.
In the state of standing during the prayer a Muslim is asked to look at the place of prostration.This is the best act which helps one to be humble and be concentrated in the prayer which is the manner of the prophet(pbuh)..But if opening one's eyes disturb him in his prayer and prevent him from being humble then it is permissible for him to shut his eyes.
Ibn al-Qayyim further said:The correct position is:If keeping one's eyes open does not affect one's attention,then it is preferred to keep them open;however,if there is something in front of the person,such as some ornament or decoration,which could affect his attention,then it is in no way,disliked to close his eyes.
In fact,under such circumstances,to say it is preferred to close one's eyes is more consistent with the principles and goals of the shar'iah than to say that it is disliked[Fiqh-us-Sunnah,Volume 2:Page 92a].


But making it an habit isn't permissible in any manner,only for a beginner to gain concentration and therefore stop it after you can control yourself and concentrate in solat,the best is follow the ways of prophet Muhammad(pbuh) and Allah knows best.This should help you on how to gain concentration in solat.
Download this
http://kalamullah.com/Books/en_Khushoo.pdf
And read this
www.nairaland.com/1215855/tips-how-concentrate-during-salat

Thank u, I will put in more effort, the book is very helpful

Kassidy90: Thank u, I will put in more effort

May Allah(swt) in his mercy make it easy for you bro.

No it is not permissible. Most preferred is for you looking to the ground where you going to place your forehead on the floor.

I actually read somewhere, that it is permitted if the person have problem concentrating during salat.

for my sake, I hope it's permitted for as long as one wishes to because I am always thinking(I can't help this) and what I resort to whenever the wispering of shaytaan is taking over is shut my eyes and open my heart to HIM... That's what works for me

neeyhmutate: No it is not permissible. Most preferred is for you looking to the ground where you going to place your forehead on the floor.

Did you read my post?

lanrexlan: Did you read my post?

lol. you have ds polite way of dropping your polite speeches wic sound like....is ds one okay??

Sissie: I actually read somewhere, that it is permitted if the person have problem concentrating during salat.

That is from Islam-qa

ummsulaym: for my sake, I hope it's permitted for as long as one wishes to because I am always thinking(I can't help this) and what I resort to whenever the wispering of shaytaan is taking over is shut my eyes and open my heart to HIM... That's what works for me

Hmmmmm....try and put your mind off thinking b4 solat and personally i will advice u dont stay much longer on solat since u cant concentrate much. wheneva the whistpering of shytan comes, say "ahuzubilah mina shaytani rojeem", make sure u r not heedless on solat despite....but dont always shut ur eyes on solat. may Allah assist us all #Amin

neeyhmutate:

Hmmmmm....try and put your mind off thinking b4 solat and personally i will advice u dont stay much longer on solat since u cant concentrate much. wheneva the whistpering of shytan comes, say "ahuzubilah mina shaytani rojeem", make sure u r not heedless on solat despite....but dont always shut ur eyes on solat. may Allah assist us all #Amin

Ameen... From the first day I posed comment on this thread, I've been working on it and Alhahmdulilah, it's not as difficult as I tot. I could still imagine HIS presence with my eyes open, never knew that cuz I didn't borther trying... All the same, thanks bro... This thread has set something right and I wish one could be creating educative threads like this(not argumentative threads.Lol)

one more thing i wann chip in....full concentration on wudhu breeds full concentration on salat. During the ablution, try not to engage in gists and giving it your all attention. it prepares the mind to bring dat attention into salat.
normally ablution is a routine nd we do it subconsciously. we already know all d parts..Now come out of dat routine, do it consciously, wipe all parts consciously with a part of you thinking of how pleased Allah must be with you for making dah wudhu
lastly make wudhu always, as much a possible without salat in view. That keeps satan away from you so much dat even during salat, you can have your concentration back


salam

babylolaroy:
lol. you have ds polite way of dropping your polite speeches wic sound like....is ds one okay??

smh

neeyhmutate:


smh

that in full mean shaking my head...why is that my portion from you. what did i do to you to deserve head shake

babylolaroy:
that in full mean shaking my head...why is that my portion from you. what did i do to you to deserve head shake

sorry Sis!....but dis statement "is ds one okay" really deserves a smh

first i wasnt talking to you
second it wasnt an insult
third it was a joke nd i sed it to mean dat d way lanrexlan talks always sounds like he wants to ask if someone was okay

I dunno.

It is not allowed in Islam to close eyes when performing Salat. It is instructed to face your eyes down to the position of the sujud. Thank you.

My brothers and sisters when it comes to talking about the deen please lets be serious. In case you forgot non muslims are reading what we are writing . This is a fertile ground for daw'ah. IF YOU KNOW YOU DONT HAVE ANYTHING GOOD TO CONTRIBUTE. PLS RESTRAIN YOUR FINGERS

May Allah Make it easy for Us ********amin***********

What's solat?

Willgates: What's solat?

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i still stand by the fact that we muslims are the most tolerant people in the world. RELIGOUS BIGOT

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must u open the thread?

packman: WHY ALL THIS ISLAM ABRAKATABRATA MAKING FRONT PAGE NAW

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Kudos to her.