Poor sleep

Poor sleep
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(Dr. Ibrahim bin Mohammed Hoqair)
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February 19, 1446 AH
August 23, 2024 AD
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Praise be to God, the Expander, Holder, Giver and Protector. Praise be to Him for what He retains and what He gives. Everything about Him has a fixed term. We praise Him greatly and we are grateful to Him. Thank you. I bear witness that there is no god but God and no partner. Glory be to his neighbor, glory be to His praise, glory be to Him, praise be to Him. I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger. His wife Aisha asked him, “O Messenger of Allah, did you sleep before the Witr prayer?” He said, “My eyes slept, but my heart did not. May God pray for him, his family and companions and those who follow their righteousness and grant peace until the Day of Judgment.”

As follows: Fear Almighty God, obey God, fill your time with obedient deeds, compete for good deeds, compete for the way to heaven, and approach Almighty God with persistent good deeds. Because you are in the time of respite, the time of reckoning is coming, so prepare for your tomorrow and beware of the decorations of this world, and the decorations of Satan are your enemies, so treat him as your enemy. He only summons his troops to be companions of the blazing fire. [فاطر: 5-6].

O people: Sleep is one of the necessities of life and one of the laws of God Almighty concerning life: “One of His signs is that you sleep day and night and that you seek His bounty. This is indeed a sign for you. He who listens well﴾ [الروم: 23]When the believer sleeps, he considers it an act of worship, just as his wakefulness is an act of worship, may God be pleased with him, and he says: “I sleep at the beginning of the night, and then I rise. I spend part of my sleep in reading what God Almighty has written for me, so I regard my sleep as the two chiefs narrate.”

Just as sleep is one of the necessities of man, if he is deprived of it he dies; and if he is deprived of it he dies. There is a reprehensible sleep, which is condemned by its master.

One of the reprehensible forms of sleep is neglecting the obligatory prayers while sleeping, which carries a grave threat. “Those who come after them who neglect prayer and follow their lusts will be destroyed.” [مريم: 59]In the famous hadith of the vision, the two kings said to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace: “But we tell you that the first person you met whose head was crushed by a stone was him.” The one who recited the Quran rejected the Quran and neglected the obligatory prayers as narrated in Sahih Bukhari. “Whoever has the habit of missing prayers and sleeping during prayers is a hypocrite. According to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace: “For the hypocrites, there is no prayer more heavy than the morning and evening prayers, and if they knew what they were, they would perform these prayers even if they were in love. “Narrated by the two sheikhs. In the hadith of Ibn Masood, may Allah be pleased with him, he said: “It was mentioned in the presence of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, that this person slept all night and did not wake up until the next morning. ” He who says: That is the one in whose ear the devil urinated. Or he who says: That is the one who narrated in his ear. Some people miss the Asr prayer by sleeping until the Asr prayer time has passed, thus invalidating their work for the day. According to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace: “Whoever misses the afternoon prayer, his work is invalidated.”

One of the reprehensible sleep is sleeping without performing the night prayers, praying the Weht and asking for forgiveness, which God Almighty said about the good doers: “They used to sleep for a while. The hours of the night were few, they did not sleep at night, and at dawn they would seek forgiveness.” [الذاريات: 16-17]. Ibn Abbas, may God be pleased with them, said: “There is not a night when they do not take something from it,” and Hasan al-Basri said, “They strive to pray to God in the night, and they do not sleep, except for Dahak who said: “I recognize a people who bring shame to God in the darkness of this night. ” Due to the long sleep. “At dawn, a peacock came to a person and they said: He is sleeping, and he said: I have not seen anyone sleeping at dawn. “Abdul Rahman ibn Mahdi said: “I have never been with a person who was more sleepless than Sufyan Tari, and I used to sleep with him night after night, and he would not sleep except at the beginning of the night. He would tremble with fear and cry out: Hell, keep me from sleep and desire, as he speaks to a person at home, and then he asks for water beside him and then ablutions. He said after the baptism: Oh God, you know my needs but do not know what I want, I only ask to free my neck from the fire, Oh God, anxiety made me sleepy with fear, so it did not keep me safe. , All this is the grace you have given me, and you do the same to your saints and those who obey you, I know that if I had an excuse to give myself up, I would not be with the people. Then he began to pray, and the crying made it impossible for him to recite, because he cried too much and I could not hear his recitation, “Then he lay down.” Fry like grain in a frying pan. Then he would jump up, put it down, facing Qibla until morning, and say: “The memory of hell is the sleep of the worshiper.” “When Shaddad ben Os went to bed, it was like fried seeds.” Pan, he said: Oh God, if he mentioned hell, please do not let me sleep, so he got up to the place of prayer: “The daughter of Rabbi ben Haitham said: Father, why.” Don’t you sleep when others sleep? He said: Hell does not let your father sleep.

Among the reprehensible sleeps are: sleeping after daybreak; the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) prayed for the blessing of his country and the birth of his firstborn son. As in the hadith of Saqr al-Ghamidi, “May Allah be pleased with him”, he said: “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace”, he said: “O Allah, bless my country soon.” Said: When he sent out a convoy and an army, he sent them at the beginning of the day, and Saqr was a merchant, whenever he sent out trade, he would send them first, and then he became. rich, his wealth increased. “Narrated by Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi and attributed to Hasan. According to the authority of Hisham bin Urwa, on the authority of his father, he said: “Al-Zubayr used to forbid his sons to get up in the morning,” Urwa said: “I have heard about this man. In the morning, I will give it up. Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah Almighty have mercy on him) said: “They do not like to sleep between the morning prayer and sunrise, because it is a time of harvest, and walking during this time is beneficial for those who walk. “So much so that even if they walk all night, they will not allow themselves to stop walking before the sun rises, because this is the beginning of the day and the key to the day, and the time for offering food, fulfillment, vows and blessings. From that day on, all these rules apply to that share, and her sleep should be like the sleep of a person in distress.”

We ask Almighty God to teach us what is good for us and enable us to do as He teaches.

I say this to ask God to forgive me and you…

Second Sermon
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Praise be to Allah, a very good and blessed praise, as beloved and satisfied by our Lord, I bear witness that there is no god besides Allah, no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger, may the Messenger of Allah be blessed. Prayers and peace be upon him and his family, companions and all those who are guided by them until the Day of Judgment.

As for what follows: So fear God Almighty and obey Him, “and fear that one day you will return to God, when every soul will receive the full amount it deserves, and they will not be wronged.” [البقرة: 281].

O Muslim: Excessive sleep is reprehensible, especially during the day, especially when one sleeps while fulfilling one’s obligations, or when one sleeps for one’s own worldly interests. Just as a student stays up late for his school and sleeps, or an employee sleeps for his work, or a businessman sleeps for his business. The causes of excessive sleep are eating too much and staying up late, both of which are reprehensible, because eating too much leads to laziness, relaxation, and excessive sleeping. And whoever stays up late more than he can make up for it by sleeping, and daytime sleep does not replace nighttime sleep, and sleep at the beginning of the night is more blessed and beneficial to the sleeper than sleep at the end of the night. Most of the occasions and banquets of the people take place in the evening, and they are very late, so it combines the worst of staying up late and sleeping after dinner, and Wahb ibn Munabbih said: “There is no one worse than staying up late.” His devil loves him more than the eater who loves to sleep. ” Al-Hasan Al-Basri once said, “Repent to Allah Almighty for excessive sleeping and eating,” while Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali said, “Excessive sleeping leads to loss of life, loss of Tahajjd, dullness of character and coldness of heart. Life is the most precious jewel and it is the capital of slaves, while sleep is death and sleeping too much shortens life. ”

Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned that one of the factors that corrupt the mind is excessive sleep, saying: “It kills the heart, weighs down the body, wastes time, causes a lot of carelessness and laziness, and is very abominable. I think it is not good for the body, and the most beneficial sleep is when it is most needed, and sleeping at the beginning of the night is commendable, and starting at the end is the most beneficial. Those who sleep at the beginning of the night are the benefit of both sides, and those who sleep at the end of the night are the only ones who are guilty of both sides… Sleepers think it is the best. Doctors think that any more or less leads to deviations in nature. “The believer must consider the interests of his religion and the world and eat food in his language. So that he does not feel burdened and sleep too much, avoid staying up late, because it is a waste of time and a cause of sleeping too much, and he has a part of night prayer, which brings happiness and joy. Familiarity with Almighty God.

Pray and greet your Prophet…

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