Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) about looking here and there during prayer. He (peace be upon him) said: "That is snatching, which Satan snatches from a servant's prayer." In the narration of Ubaidullah, the words are: I asked about turning one's face during prayer.

It is narrated from Urwah that he reports from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) that he used to lead his people in prayer. (One day) he came and the iqamah had already been pronounced, so he said, "Let one of you lead the prayer, because I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'When the time for prayer comes and there is also a need to relieve oneself, then first relieve yourself of urine or stool.'" This is the hadith of Abu Kuraib, while the meaning of the text of the hadiths of all the narrators is the same.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Abi Bakr says: We were present in the service of Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) when food was brought, so Hazrat Qasim got up and started to pray. Then Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Do not pray when food is present, nor in a state when one is restraining urine or stool."

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the evening meal is served and the prayer is established, then eat the food first."

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the night meal is placed (before you) and the call to prayer is given for the prayer, then eat the food first (and then perform the prayer)." Nafi' says that one night Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) ate the night meal while he was listening to the recitation of the Imam.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace be upon him) said: "When any one of you is eating food, he should not hurry until he has fulfilled his need and requirement, even if (during this time) the prayer is established."

Sayyiduna Mahmood bin Labeed (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came out (from his house) and said: "O people, beware of hidden and concealed shirk (polytheism)." The companions asked, "O Messenger of Allah, what is hidden shirk?" He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "When a person stands to pray and beautifies his prayer, and when he sees people looking at him, he puts extra effort and strives (in his prayer), then this is hidden and concealed shirk."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah narrates from the Noble Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), who relates from his Lord, that Allah Almighty says: "I am the best of partners." And the wording of Bundar's narration is: "I am independent of the shirk of partners. Therefore, whoever does any deed and associates someone else with Me in it, then I am free from him, and that deed is for the one whom he associated with Me." In the narration of Bundar, these words are present: "So I am disassociated and unconcerned with him, and he should seek his reward from that (partner) whom he associated."

Hazrat Urwah bin Ruwaym narrates from Ibn Daylami, who lived in Bayt al-Maqdis, that he stayed in Madinah Munawwarah in search of (and to meet) Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin Aas (may Allah be pleased with him). When he inquired about Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), people informed him that he had departed for Makkah Mukarramah. He followed after him but found out that he had gone to Ta’if, so he went after him (to Ta’if) and saw him walking in a field holding the hand of a Qurayshi man, about whom it was suspected that he was a drunkard. When I met him, I greeted him with salam, and he returned my salam and asked,“What has brought you here today and where have you come from?”I informed him (that I had come from Madinah to meet you). Then I asked him,“O Abdullah bin Amr, have you heard any command from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding drinking wine?”He said,“Yes.”The Qurayshi man withdrew his hand and left. He (Abdullah bin Amr) said,“I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: ‘Whoever from my Ummah drinks wine, his prayer will not be accepted for forty days.’”

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There are three persons whose prayer is not accepted and neither do their good deeds ascend (to the heavens): the runaway slave until he returns to his masters and places his hand in their hands (i.e., becomes obedient to them), the woman whose husband is angry with her until he becomes pleased with her, and the intoxicated person until he regains his senses."