12 - Chapter: Actions During the Prayer (1)

1202 - Qutaybah ibn Sa'id informed us, from Sufyan and Yazid — and he is Ibn Zuray' (2) — from Ma'mar, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from Damdam ibn Jawsh, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, commanded the killing of the two black ones during the prayer (3).

1203 - Muhammad ibn Rafi' informed us, saying: Sulayman ibn Dawud Abu Dawud narrated to us, saying: Hisham — and he is Ibn Abi 'Abdillah — narrated to us, from Ma'mar, from Yahya, from Damdam, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, commanded the killing of the two black ones during the prayer (4).

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= Al-Hazimi said in "Al-I'tibar," p. 64: Some scholars adopted this view and said: There is no harm in looking around during the prayer as long as one does not turn one's neck. This was the view of 'Ata', Malik, Abu Hanifah and his companions, Al-Awza'i, and the people of Kufah.
The majority of scholars, however, held that looking around during the prayer is disliked with a disapproval of permissibility (karahah tanzih), due to the reports that discourage looking around. See also "Nayl al-Awtar" by Al-Shawkani, 2/379.

(1) In (Q), (K), (R), and a copy above (M): Chapter on killing the snake and scorpion during the prayer. The confirmed wording is from (H), (M), and a copy in the margin of (K), with a mark of authenticity upon it in (M).
(2) Corrupted in (Q) to: Rafi'.
(3) Its chain is authentic. Ma'mar: he is Ibn Rashid al-Basri. It is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under numbers (525) and (1126).
It was also recorded by Ahmad (7379), and Ibn Majah (1245) via the route of Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah, with this chain.
It was also recorded by Ahmad (7178), (7817), and (10357), and Ibn Hibban (2351) via multiple routes from Ma'mar, with it.
It was also recorded by Ahmad (10116) and (10154), Abu Dawud (921), Al-Tirmidhi (390), and Ibn Hibban (2352) via the route of 'Ali ibn al-Mubarak, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, with it. Al-Tirmidhi said: A good authentic hadith.
Al-Daraqutni said in "Al-'Ilal" 8/49: Ayyub ibn 'Utbah also narrated it, from Yahya, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Hurayrah. Then he said regarding the narration of those who narrated it from Yahya, from Damdam, from Abu Hurayrah: It is the correct one.
It will follow in the next hadith.
"The two black ones" (al-aswadan): the snake and the scorpion. Al-Nihayah (s-w-d).
(4) Its chain is authentic, and it has preceded in the one before it. It is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (1127).