"..the Prophet slept for a part of the night, and late in the night he got up and performed ablution from a hanging water skin, a light (perfect) ablution and stood up for the prayer."...(Bukhari)
Modern Studies have shown that this may be the best advice for many people:::
* SLEEP STUDY...a 6 year study of more than a million Americans showed that a good night's sleep is 7 hours. It also showed that people who sleep for 8 hours or more tend to die prematurely. Study leader, Daniel F. Kripke, says, "You really don't have to sleep for 8 hours and you don't have to worry about it. It is evidently very safe to sleep only 7, 6 or even 5 hours a night."
*STATISTICS...In the study the death risk for people with excess sleep was 34% compared to only 12% for those who slept 8 hours and only 22% for those who had too little sleep!
TREATMENT FOR DEPRESSION
*up to 60% of depressed people will show a 30% improvement after just one night awake.
* Sleep inhibits the thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) that helps control our metabolism and indirectly our levels of energy. An estimated 25 to 30% of depressed patients have low TSH levels. Recent research shows that staying awake through the night and the early morning hours boost it.
The holy Prophet would sleep shortly after Isha and wake up in the very early hours of the morning, sometimes as early as midnight to pray.
Shaykh Abdul Haq in his book Madarijun Nabuwa states,
"because the heart is on the left one will not be satisfied with the sleep and the person will sleep heavily not knowing his state. If one sleeps on the right side the heart dangles meaning a person cannot sleep heavily. This benefits a person as he can look after himself and his family if anything happens. A major benefit is that one will not miss the morning prayeras one is not engaged in heavy sleep.
Imam Shafi states that there are 4 types of sleep;
1.to lie on the back-this is the sleep of the Prophet's .
2. to sleep on the right side-which is the sleep of the WORSHIPPERS (us!)
3. to sleep on the left side-which is the sleep of the rulers.
4. to sleep on the stomach-which is the sleep of the devil.
HADITH; Hadhrat Aisha radhiallahu anha states, "Whosoever sleeps after Asr salah and loses their intellect only has themselves to blame. "
SCIENCE; A gas exits from the earth at the time of Asr salah which is heavy and can effect a person's mind and heart. If a person sleeps before Isha, the body also sleeps and cannot fight this gas hence causing illnesses.
sleeping on the floor
SCIENCE; Doctor Nixon says, "When a healthy person sleeps his muscles become relaxed. A comfortable bed is bad for the spinal cord and in my eyes I have met such patients that have been affected with a bad back. Children's bones are weak and if they sleep on soft beds it affects their bones and this will affect them throughout their lives. Soft beds results in back pain as the muscles and back become slack and if soft beds are used regularly then this becomes a regular accordance."
SUNNAH; Islam taught us this method a long time ago and the Holy Prophet did this himself.
Aisha radhiallahu anha states, "The Prophet's bed was made of animal skin, which had leaves of date trees."
Dusting the bed
SCIENCE; No religion mentions the practice of cleaning the bed before sleeping. Once a person did not clean his bed before sleeping in it.Being cold that day, a snake rested in the bed and bit the person killing him. One may ask there are no snakes that roam around freely, however bedbugs that live in the bed may harm you.
SUNNAH;Look at the method taught by the Holy Prophet 1400 years ago. It is sunnah to dust the bed 3 times before sleeping in it. Ensuring that there are no bedbugs or of the sort resting in the bed! SubhanAllah!
Changing clothes before sleeping
SCIENCE; For hygiene purposes it is advised not to sleep in the clothing worn throughout the day, but to wear something lose fittingas tight clothing does not benefit one's sleep. Whilst sleeping our limbs are stationary affecting the blood circulation; wearing tight clothing will affect the circulation further.
SUNNAH; The Messenger of Allah would wear a lose fitting garment known as the tehband.
Sleeping on your stomach forces your lower back into extension, and this jams your facets and shortens your muscles.
ReplyDeleteIt also puts unnecssary strain on your neck as pillows tend to be quite a bit higher than the mattress.
The neck gets forced into extension even more so than the lower back, which could leave you with a crimp in your neck when you wake up in the morning.
To avoid these problems, we recommend sleeping on your side with appropriate support, or sleeping on your back with minimal pillow height.