SLEEPING HABITS

[Ayaz.Sayyad]

I found this helpful article on sunnah of sleeping from Madani forum.

 

MADINA 1. Do miswaaq before going sleep

MADINA 2. Sleeping with wudhu is a Sunnah

MADINA 3. Shake your blanket three times after reciting so if there are any insects they will be removed.

MADINA 4. Recite the sleeping DUA...Alla-humaBismika ah mootoo wa'ahya is a Sunnah

MADINA5. Don't sleep on your stomack as it is the way of the people of HELL & Is not liked by Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala

MADINA 6. Don't sleep on a roof which is not sealed up, all the way around.

MADINA 7. Don't sleep after Asr Salah, as you are in danger of losing your intellect

MADINA 8. Keep your face to the direction of KAABA Sharif & sleep on your right side with your right hand on your cheek.

MADINA 9. When you are about to go sleep think about the darkness & loneliness of the grave where one will be alone.

MADINA 10. Do the zikar of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'alal & send blessings on the Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam , think about the beauty of MADINA and fall asleep.

MADINA 11. wHEN YOU FACE QIBLA SHARIF the Roza Mubarak of our sweet Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam is more or less the same direction. Therefore when you face Qibla Sharif you autormatically face Madina Sharif.

MADINA 12. Ala-Hazrat Imaan Ahmad Raza Khan Qadri Radi Allahu anhusays "Since t've known the direction of Baghdad Sharif, I have never spread my feet that way"

MADINA 13. It is forbidden to have your feet in the direction of the Qura'an & other religious books, try to keep the religious books in a high position.

MADINA 14. Do not keep your feet in the direction of saints, scholars and teh family of Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam

MADINA 15. To sleep in the afternoon is a Sunnah(Lying down for a short while is a Sunnah).

MADINA 16. At night if you have a bad dream look on your left hand side and spit 3 times then read Aaoozoo Billa then turn on the other side (Right side) When you have a good dream you should do Hamd of Allah (Read Alhamdulilla)

MADINA 17. WHENEVER YOU DO zikar OR read DAROOD SHARIF always have your knees bent, having your feet spread is makrooh.

MADINA 18. As soon as you wake up you should say Allah Azwajal's Name.

MADINA 19. You should try to wake up in the middle of the night at pray Thahajud Salah.

MADINA 20. When you wake up you should wash your hands and clean your nose.

MADINA 21. When you wake up it is a sunnah to use Miswaaq Sharif.

MADINA 22. When you wake up you should fold your blanket otherwise the Shaiytaan will use it.

MADINA 23. It isn't a good thing to sleep too much Allah Azwajal pious people used to sleep very little & sometimes for months they didn't used to sleep.

 

Wa'alaykum 'Assalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

[Gham-e-Madinah]

jazak Allah khair for sharing brother