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    Question ID: 23912Country: India

    Title: Can we close our eyes closed while offering salaah,if some one gets disturbed by surroundings?

    Question: can we close our eyes closed while offering salaah,if some one gets disturbed by surroundings

    Answer ID: 23912

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 1146/884/L=1431)

    It is against sunnah and makrooh tanzihi to offer salah while shutting eyes. However, if someone is disturbed with thoughts and closes his eyes due to it, then he can do so.

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India