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Closing one’s eyes while reflecting can help a person think by shutting out distractions that would otherwise draw attention to visual details.
So how can this be reconciled with the ruling that closing one’s eyes during prayer is disliked?
The ruling that closing one’s eyes during prayer is disliked can be reconciled with the benefits of focusing during contemplation. Juristic reasoning distinguishes between lowering the gaze out of humility and attentiveness and closing the eyes for other reasons. This difference in intention and purpose leads to different religious rulings.
The specific legal inferences drawn from lowering the gaze as an act of humility, attentiveness, and presence of heart differ from those concerning other reasons for closing one’s eyes.