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Drowsiness

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Darussalam · Volume 1

1. The Book OfPurification

Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 162 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 99

DarussalamSahihAl-AlbaniSahih
Al-Albani source references (2)
  • صحيح وضعيف سنن النسائي (opens in a new tab)

    Source no. 162 · Volume 1 · Page 306

    Sahih

    صحيح الترمذي (٣٥٥) // صحيح الجامع الصغير (٨١٣) وفيه: صحيح أبي داود (١١٨٣) ، صحيح الترمذي (١٣٧٠) ، صحيح ابن ماجة (٣٥٥) ، صحيح الترغيب والترهيب (٦٣٧) //

  • صحيح سنن النسائي (opens in a new tab)

    Source no. 156 · Volume 1 · Page 36

    Sahih

    (صحيح) -الترمذي ٣٥٥: ق [صحيح الجامع الصغير ٨١٣. وفيه: صحيح أبي داود ١١٨٣ وصحيح الترمذي ١١٢٨ - ١٣٧٠، وصحيح ابن ماجه ٢٩١ - ٣٥٥، وصحيح الترغيب والترهيب ٦٣٧].

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English translation

162 It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'If a man feels drowsy when he is praying, let him stop, lest he supplicate against himself without realizing.'" (Sahih)

Arabic text

162 - أَخْبَرَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِذَا نَعَسَ الرَّجُلُ وَهُوَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَلْيَنْصَرِفْ، لَعَلَّهُ يَدْعُو عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَهُوَ لَا يَدْرِي»

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This Hadīth reveals that drowsiness does not nullify ablution, because the reason Allāh's Messenger ﷺ stated for quitting the prayer is, not the loss of one's ablution, but the possibility of supplicating against oneself while in a state of drowsiness. Besides, it is necessary to realize that the report does not signify that one should exit from the state of prayer the moment one feels drowsy. On the contrary, one should shorten the length of one's prayer, perform it quicker than one would do otherwise, and lie down upon finishing it. And Allāh knows best!