´Ya'ish bin Qais bin Tikhfah narrated that his father, who was one of the people of Suffah, said:` "The Messenger of Allah said to us: 'Come with me.' So we went to the house of 'Aishah, where we ate and drank. Then the Messenger of Allah said to us: 'If you want, you can sleep here, or if you want you can go out to the mosque.' We said: 'We will go out to the mosque.'"
Hadith Referenceسنن ابن ماجه / كتاب المساجد والجماعات / 752
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:ضعيف مضطرب | زبیر علی زئی:صحيح
Hadith Takhrij« سنن ابی داود/الأدب 103 ( 5040 ) ، ( تحفة الأشراف : 4991 ) ، وقد أخرجہ : مسند احمد ( 3/429 ، 430 ، 5/426 ، 427 ) ( ضعیف ) » ( حدیث میں اضطراب ہے ، نیز سند میں یحییٰ بن ابی کثیر مدلس ہیں ، اور اور روایت عنعنہ سے کی ہے )
1؎: The Ashab al-Suffah were those people who resided in the Suffah, that is, the shaded area of Masjid al-Nabawi. They had no homes, property, or possessions; they were destitute. If someone fed them, they would eat. For details about their circumstances, one should refer to the books comprising the lives of the noble Companions (radi Allahu anhum).
Narrated Tikhfat al-Ghifari: Ya'ish ibn Tikhfat al-Ghifari said: My father was one of the people in the Suffah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Come with us to the house of Aishah. So we went and he said: Give us food, Aishah. She brought hashishah and we ate. He then said: Give us food, Aishah. She then brought haysah as small in quantity as a pigeon and we ate. He then said: Give us something to drink, Aishah. So she brought a bowl of milk, and we drank. Again he said: Give us something to drink, Aishah. She then brought a small cup and we drank. He then said: If you wish, you may spend the night (here), or if you wish, you may go to the mosque. He said: While I was lying on my stomach because of pain in the lung, a man began to shake me with his foot and then said: This is a method of lying which Allah hates. I looked and saw that he was the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues: Sleeping on the stomach is impermissible. The best is to sleep on the right side.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 5040