Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
where does one keep one’s gaze during the first tahshahhud and the final tashahhud/salawaat?
Answer:
Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah,
I pray this finds you in the best of health and spirits.
The sunna, in general, is to lower one’s gaze in prayer. The scholars have indicated that this is optimally fulfilled by looking towards one’s thigh area–with back and head straight–in both the first and final sittings.
[ Shurunbulali, Maraqi al-Falah; Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar ]
And Allah alone gives success.
Faraz Rabbani