<b>Guidance from the Hadith:</b><br> 1) Looking around during prayer contradicts its very purpose of standing focused, humble, and humiliated before Allah Almighty.<br> 2) The Hadiths that prohibit looking around during prayer speak in general terms. So, it is not permissible to look around during prayers in general, obligatory or supererogatory.<br> Note:<br> The Hadith in question has a weak Isnād. That is why no Shariah ruling can be formed on its basis regarding the distinction between obligatory and supererogatory prayer when it comes to looking around. We have only taken some of the guidance contained therein, in line with this approach of ours: “If a weak Hadith has roots in an authentic one, we adopt it.”<br> The prohibition of looking around during prayer is already reported in numerous authentic Hadiths. As for the additional part that says: “If you must do so, then let it be in the voluntary prayer, not the obligatory one”, its Isnād is weak. Accordingly, it is prohibited to look around during any prayer, obligatory or supererogatory, without distinction.