Sleeping in the mosque

Al-Harith bin Abd al-Rahman said: I asked Sulayman bin Yasar about sleeping in the mosque. He said: How can you ask about this, when the People of al-Suffah used to sleep in the mosque and pray in the mosque?

Yunus said: I saw Ibn Sirin sleeping in the mosque.

Al-Hasan had a mosque in which he would both sleep and pray.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: We were young men, and in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) we used to spend the night in the mosque and also sleep there during the day.

Ata said: A man said to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): I slept in al-Masjid al-Haram and had a wet dream; so is it permissible to sleep in the mosque? He said: Making the mosque a place to spend the night or to take the midday nap is not permissible. However, resting for a while, or waiting for some matter, is permissible.

Ata, Tawus and Mujahid considered sleeping in the mosque disliked (makruh).

Ibn Jurayj said: I asked Ata: Do you consider sleeping in the mosque disliked? He said: Rather, I like it.

Abu al-Haytham said: Mujahid forbade me from sleeping in the mosque.

Ayman bin Nabil said: Sa'id bin Jubayr saw me sleeping in the Hijr, so he woke me up and said: Is a man like you lying asleep here?

Abu Amr al-Shaybani said: One night I saw Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) keeping watch in the mosque. Wherever he saw the figure of a person, he would go and put him out; however, one man was praying, and he did not put him out.

Mughirah bin Ziyad said: I used to sleep in al-Masjid al-Haram, and there I would have a wet dream several times in one night. I asked Ata about this, and he said: Sleep in the mosque, even if you have a wet dream ten times.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib was asked about sleeping in the mosque, and he said: Where did the People of the Suffah live? Meaning that they used to sleep in the mosque itself.

Ibn Abi Najih said: I slept in al-Masjid al-Haram and had a wet dream. I asked Sa'id bin Jubayr about this, and he said: Go and take a ritual bath (ghusl). That is, he did not forbid me from sleeping in the mosque.