Closing the Eyes in Prayer

Question :

Is it permissible to close the eyes in prayer, intending by it humility?

Answer:

Scholars of Fiqh say that it is detested to close the eyes in prayer, because it is one of the deeds of the Jews and its place is in sleep; this is what is reported in Manar As-Sabil and other such books. But it might be permissible if it concentrated the heart and kept his mind present on the prayer and made him less likely to forget or talk to himself, for the heart might follow that upon which the sight alights, although the worshipper is ordered to look at the place of prostration.

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