صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب صلاة المسافرين وقصرهاThe Book of Prayer - Travellers
باب أَمْرِ مَنْ نَعَسَ فِي صَلاَتِهِ أَوِ اسْتَعْجَمَ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْآنُ أَوِ الذِّكْرُ بِأَنْ يَرْقُدَ أَوْ يَقْعُدَ حَتَّى يَذْهَبَ عَنْهُ ذَلِكَ:Chapter: The command to one who becomes sleepy while praying, or who starts to falter in his recitation of the Qur’an or statements of remembrance, to lie down or sit down until that goes away
وحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ ، عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ ، قَالَ : هَذَا مَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَذَكَرَ أَحَادِيثَ مِنْهَا ، وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ، فَاسْتَعْجَمَ الْقُرْآنُ عَلَى لِسَانِهِ ، فَلَمْ يَدْرِ مَا يَقُولُ فَلْيَضْطَجِعْ " .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: When any one of you gets up at night (for prayer) and his tongue falters in (the recitation) of the Qur'an, and he does not know what he is reciting, he should go to sleep.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
ISTAA'JAMA AL-QUR'AN:
To encounter difficulty or obstruction in recitation, or for the tongue to lack fluency.
Benefits and Issues:
From this hadith, it is understood that in a state of overwhelming sleepiness, one should stop performing prayer; when the sleepiness has passed, then one should perform the prayer. The meaning of overwhelming sleepiness here is that one is no longer aware of the words flowing from one’s tongue—what word has been recited; it is not necessary to know the meaning.
Although it is better that a person at least learns the meanings of the supplications of prayer and the commonly recited surahs, so that humility and submissiveness (khushu' and khudu') are produced within the prayer, and due to attention towards the meanings and objectives, the mind does not wander here and there.
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
ISTAA'JAMA AL-QUR'AN:
To encounter difficulty or obstruction in recitation, or for the tongue to lack fluency.
Benefits and Issues:
From this hadith, it is understood that in a state of overwhelming sleepiness, one should stop performing prayer; when the sleepiness has passed, then one should perform the prayer. The meaning of overwhelming sleepiness here is that one is no longer aware of the words flowing from one’s tongue—what word has been recited; it is not necessary to know the meaning.
Although it is better that a person at least learns the meanings of the supplications of prayer and the commonly recited surahs, so that humility and submissiveness (khushu' and khudu') are produced within the prayer, and due to attention towards the meanings and objectives, the mind does not wander here and there.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 1836
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
1311. Commentary: Benefit: Due to the overpowering of sleep or fatigue caused by continuous prayer and recitation, the tongue may begin to falter. In such a situation, a person should take rest.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 1311
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefit:
The meaning of the Qur'an becoming difficult is that, due to drowsiness, reciting the Qur'an becomes difficult, and because of sleepiness, one is not even able to understand the words one is uttering. In such a case, one should stop the prayer and recitation, and lie down to sleep.
The meaning of the Qur'an becoming difficult is that, due to drowsiness, reciting the Qur'an becomes difficult, and because of sleepiness, one is not even able to understand the words one is uttering. In such a case, one should stop the prayer and recitation, and lie down to sleep.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1372
