The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not raise your eyes toward the sky, lest your sight be snatched away," meaning during the prayer.
قال رسول الله ﷺ: لا ترفعوا أبصاركم إلى السماء أن تلتمع يعني في الصلاة.
Ibn Majah (1043) narrated it from Uthman bin Abu Shayba, who said, Talha bin Yahya told us, Yunus bin Yazid Ayli, from Zuhri, from Salim, from Ibn Umar, and he related it.Its chain of transmission is hasan because of Talha bin Yahya, who is the son of Numan bin Abu Ayyash Zurqi. Ibn Main affirmed his reliability, and Abu Dawud said, "There is no harm in him." Ibn Hibban mentioned him among the trustworthy narrators. Abu Hatim criticized him, saying, "He is not strong," without explaining his reason, while his student Uthman bin Abu Shayba, who knew him better than others, also affirmed his reliability. So, in summary, his hadith is hasan.Busiri graded this chain of transmission as sahih in Zawaid bin Majah, saying, "This is a sahih chain of transmission, its narrators are trustworthy." I say, Ibn Hibban also graded it sahih (2281), narrating it, along with Tabarani in al-Kabir (13139), through the route of Sulayman bin Bilal, from Yunus bin Yazid Ayli, with the same wording. This is a strong corroboration for Talha bin Yahya. Haythami erred by including it in Majma al-Zawaid (2/82) and saying, "Tabarani narrated it in al-Kabir, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih."As for his saying "talta'mi," it means "to be snatched away." It is said, "iltama'na al-qawm," meaning "we took them away." From this it is also said, "iltama'a lawnuhu," when his color fades away.On this subject, there is also a report from Abu Saeed Khudri that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you is praying, let him not raise his gaze to the sky, lest it be snatched away." Its chain of transmission is daif. Tabarani narrated it in al-Kabir (5436) through the route of Ibn Lahia, from Yazid bin Abu Habib, from Ibn Shihab, from Ubaydullah bin Abdullah bin Utba, from Abu Saeed, who related the same. Haythami said in al-Majma (2/82), after attributing it to Tabarani in al-Awsat and al-Kabir, "In it is Ibn Lahia, and he is weak."There is also a report from Kaab bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Some people will surely stop raising their gaze to the sky, or their sight will surely be snatched away." Haythami said, "Tabarani narrated it in al-Kabir, and in it is Abdul-Aziz bin Ubaydullah bin Hamza, and he is daif."