Darussalam · Volume 1
(1) The Chapters OfPurification And ItsSunnahSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 474 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 160
Source no. 474 · Volume 2 · Page 46
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474. It was narrated that 'Āishah said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ would fall asleep until he was breathing deeply, then he would get up and offer the prayer, and he did not perform ablution."(Hasan) Tanāfisi said: "Waki' said: 'She meant while he was prostrating (he would sleep).'"
474 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَنَامُ حَتَّى يَنْفُخَ، ثُمَّ يَقُومُ، فَيُصَلِّي، وَلَا يَتَوَضَّأُ» قَالَ الطَّنَافِسِيُّ: قَالَ وَكِيعٌ: تَعْنِي وَهُوَ سَاجِدٌ
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It was a characteristic of the Prophet ﷺ since all his senses remained intact even during sleep. He himself says: "My eyes sleep but my heart does not sleep." Bukhārī: 770. Among the various explanations in the matter is the one hinted at by Waki' ﷺ who said that the said happening took place during a prayer. Based on this explanation, some of the scholars have formulated the opinion that sleep during the various actions connected with a prayer such as Ruku' (bowing down), Qiyām (standing position) or Sujud (prostrations) does not invalidate the prayer. On close analysis, however, even this view is not much different from the previous one, since no manner of sleep during prayer is like sleeping in the stretched (lying down) position which alone, of all man's physical positions, invalidates the ablution. And Allāh knows best.