سنن ترمذي
Tirmidhi
كتاب الصلاةThe Book on Salat (Prayer)
باب مَا جَاءَ فِي كَرَاهِيَةِ النَّوْمِ قَبْلَ الْعِشَاءِ وَالسَّمَرِ بَعْدَهَاChapter: What Has Been Related About It Being Disliked To Sleep Before Isha And To Talk During The Night After It
Hadith 168
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَوْفٌ، قَالَ أَحْمَدُ : وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ هُوَ الْمُهَلَّبِيُّ، وَإِسْمَاعِيل ابْنُ علية جميعا ، عَنْ عَوْفٍ، عَنْ سَيَّارِ بْنِ سَلَامَةَ هُوَ أَبُو الْمِنْهَالِ الرِّيَاحِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي بَرْزَةَ، قَالَ : " كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَكْرَهُ النَّوْمَ قَبْلَ الْعِشَاءِ وَالْحَدِيثَ بَعْدَهَا " . قَالَ : وَفِي الْبَاب عَنْ عَائِشَةَ , وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ , وَأَنَسٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : حَدِيثُ أَبِي بَرْزَةَ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ، وَقَدْ كَرِهَ أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ النَّوْمَ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ وَالْحَدِيثَ بَعْدَهَا ، وَرَخَّصَ فِي ذَلِكَ بَعْضُهُمْ ، وقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ : أَكْثَرُ الْأَحَادِيثِ عَلَى الْكَرَاهِيَةِ ، وَرَخَّصَ بَعْضُهُمْ فِي النَّوْمِ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ فِي رَمَضَانَ ، وَسَيَّارُ بْنُ سَلَامَةَ هُوَ أَبُو الْمِنْهَالِ الرِّيَاحِيُّ .
´Abu Barzah narrated:` "The Prophet would dislike to sleep before Isha and to talk after it."
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
1:
The reason for the dislike of sleeping before the ‘Isha prayer is that there is a risk of missing the ‘Isha prayer. Speaking after ‘Isha is disliked because it leads to a delay in sleeping, which in turn makes it difficult for a person to wake up for Tahajjud or Fajr. Imam Nawawi has declared scholarly discussion and similar activities to be permissible and recommended, but this is conditional upon performing the Fajr prayer at its proper time. If so much time is spent at night in teaching, learning, or admonition and reminder that one is unable to wake up at the time of Fajr, then even this permissibility and recommendation become questionable. (See the next hadith and its commentary.)
The reason for the dislike of sleeping before the ‘Isha prayer is that there is a risk of missing the ‘Isha prayer. Speaking after ‘Isha is disliked because it leads to a delay in sleeping, which in turn makes it difficult for a person to wake up for Tahajjud or Fajr. Imam Nawawi has declared scholarly discussion and similar activities to be permissible and recommended, but this is conditional upon performing the Fajr prayer at its proper time. If so much time is spent at night in teaching, learning, or admonition and reminder that one is unable to wake up at the time of Fajr, then even this permissibility and recommendation become questionable. (See the next hadith and its commentary.)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 168
Maulana Dawood Raz
Explanation:
When there is a risk that by sleeping before the ‘Isha prayer, the congregational prayer will be missed, then it is not permissible to sleep. In both of the following ahadith, this reconciliation is preferable.
When there is a risk that by sleeping before the ‘Isha prayer, the congregational prayer will be missed, then it is not permissible to sleep. In both of the following ahadith, this reconciliation is preferable.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 568
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
The esteemed hadith scholars, while explaining this hadith, have written that the undesirability (karahah) of sleeping before the ‘Isha prayer applies only in the case where there is a risk of missing the congregational prayer. It is not disliked for every person in every situation to sleep before ‘Isha.
If a person has control over his sleep, or has made arrangements to wake up on time, or is sleeping in a place where people themselves will wake him up, or if someone sleeps out of necessity, then for such a person, sleeping before ‘Isha is not disliked. Further clarification regarding this will be provided in the following chapter.
The esteemed hadith scholars, while explaining this hadith, have written that the undesirability (karahah) of sleeping before the ‘Isha prayer applies only in the case where there is a risk of missing the congregational prayer. It is not disliked for every person in every situation to sleep before ‘Isha.
If a person has control over his sleep, or has made arrangements to wake up on time, or is sleeping in a place where people themselves will wake him up, or if someone sleeps out of necessity, then for such a person, sleeping before ‘Isha is not disliked. Further clarification regarding this will be provided in the following chapter.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 568
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
There is a risk that if one sleeps before the ‘Isha prayer, one may miss the ‘Isha prayer or its congregation. Similarly, if one engages in purposeless conversations after the ‘Isha prayer, there is a risk of missing the Fajr prayer or its congregation.
However, if there is an important purpose, then being occupied is permissible.
For example, it is permissible for students to study or discuss until late at night, or to stay awake for the fulfillment of other important responsibilities, but the condition is that the Fajr prayer must not be neglected.
There is a risk that if one sleeps before the ‘Isha prayer, one may miss the ‘Isha prayer or its congregation. Similarly, if one engages in purposeless conversations after the ‘Isha prayer, there is a risk of missing the Fajr prayer or its congregation.
However, if there is an important purpose, then being occupied is permissible.
For example, it is permissible for students to study or discuss until late at night, or to stay awake for the fulfillment of other important responsibilities, but the condition is that the Fajr prayer must not be neglected.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4849
