The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting etc

Whenever Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) went to bed, he would lie down on his right side and recite: “Allahumma aslamtu nafsi ilaika, wa wajjahtu wajhi ilaika, wa fawwadtu amri ilaika, wa ‘aljatu zahri ilaika, raghbatan wa rahbatan ilaika, la maljaa wa la manja illa ilaika. Amantu bikitabikal-ladhi anzalta, wa nabiyyikal-ladhi arsalta ‘.’’”

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) directed me thus: “Whenever you go to bed, perform Wudu as you do for Salat then (before sleeping) recite: ‘O Allah! I have submitted myself to You, I have turned myself to You, committed my affairs to You and sought Your refuge for protection out of desire for You and fear of You (expecting Your reward and fearing Your punishment).

There is no refuge and no place of safety from You but with You. I believe in the Book You have revealed and in the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) You have sent.’”

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) added: “If anyone recites these words and dies during the night, he will die on the true Deen, and if he remains alive till the morning, he will obtain good. And make this supplication your last words (before sleeping).”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used to offer eleven Rakah of optional Salat (prayers) in the latter part of night. When it was about dawn, he would offer two short Rakah and then would lie down on his right side till the Muadhdhin (one who calls for prayer) would come to inform him that the congregation had gathered (for prayer).

Whenever the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) lay down for sleep at night, he would place his (right) hand under his (right) cheek and supplicate: “Allahumma bismika amutu wa ahya.”

My father said: I was lying down on my belly in the mosque when someone shook me with his foot and said, “Lying down this way is disapproved by Allah.” I looked up and saw that it was Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Whoever sits in a place where he does not remember Allah (SWT), he will suffer loss and incur displeasure of Allah; and whoever lies down (to sleep) in a place where he does not remember Allah, he will suffer sorrow and incur displeasure of Allah.”.

I saw Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) lying down on his back in the mosque, placing one leg on the other.

After the Fajr (dawn) prayer the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used to sit crossed legged in the same place in which he had prayed till the sun shone brightly.

I saw Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) sitting in the compound of the Holy Kabah, with the thighs against the stomach and arms around his legs.

I saw the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) seated with his arms enfolding his legs; and when I saw him in such a state of humble guise I trembled with fear due to the awe (he showed in that posture).

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) passed by me when I was sitting with my left hand behind my back and leaning on my palm. On seeing me in this posture he said, “Do you sit like those upon whom the Wrath of Allah has descended?”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Do not ask someone to give up his seat in order to take it, but make accommodation wide and sit at ease.” It was Ibn Umar’s habit that if a person left his seat for him, he would not take it.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “If someone leaves his seat (for one reason or another) and returns to it, he is better entitled to it.”.

Whenever we came to the gathering of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), we would sit down at the end (of the assembly).

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “If a man takes a bath on Friday, purifies himself thoroughly, uses oil and perfume which is available in the house, sets forth for the mosque, does not (forcibly) sit between two persons, offers the prayer that is prescribed for him and listens to the Imam silently, his sins between this Friday and the previous Friday will be forgiven.”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “It is not permissible for a man to separate between two. And in a version narrated by Abu Dawud ‘He should not sit between two men without their permission.’”

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) curses the one who sits in the middle of people’s circle. A man sat in the middle of a circle so Hudhayfah (radiyallahu anhu) said: Cursed upon the tongue of Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) or.

I heard Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying “The best assemblies are those in which people make room for one another.”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Whoever sits in a gathering and indulges in useless talk and before getting up supplicates: ‘Subhanaka Allahumma wa bihamdika, ash-hadu an la ilaha illa Anta, astaghfiruka wa atubu ilaika (O Allah, You are free from every imperfection; praise be to You. I testify that there is no true god except You; I ask Your Pardon and turn to You in repentance),’ he will be forgiven for (the sins he may have intentionally or unintentionally committed) in that assembly.”.

Towards the end of his life, Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would supplicate before leaving an assembly thus: “Subhanaka Allahumma wa bihamdika, ash-hadu an la ilaha illa Anta, astaghfiruka wa atubu ilaika (O Allah, You are free from every imperfection; all praise is for You. I testify that there is no true god except You, I ask Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentance).”

A man once said to him: “O Messenger of Allah! You have spoken such words as you have never uttered before.” He said, “It is an expiation of that which goes on in the assembly.”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) seldom left a gathering without supplicating in these terms: “Allahumma-qsim lana min khashyatika ma tahulu bihi bainana wa baina masika, wa min taatika ma tuballighuna bihi jannataka, wa minal-yaqini ma tuhawwinu ‘alaina masa-‘ibad-dunya. Allahumma mattina biasmaina, wa absarina, wa quwwatina ma ahyaitana, wajalhul-waritha minna, wajal tharana ‘ala man zalamana, wansurna ‘ala man ‘adana, wa la tajal musibatana fi dinina, wa la tajalid-dunya akbara hammina, wa la mablagha ‘ilmina, wa la tusallit ‘alaina man-la yarhamuna, (O Allah, apportion to us such fear as should serve as a barrier between us and acts of disobedience; and such obedience as will take us to Your Jannah; and such as will make easy for us to bear in the calamities of this world.

O Allah! let us enjoy our hearing, our sight and our power as long as You keep us alive and make our heirs from our own offspring, and make our revenge restricted to those who oppress us, and support us against those who are hostile to us let no misfortune afflict our Deen; let not worldly affairs be our principal concern, or the ultimate limit of our knowledge, and let not those rule over us who do not show mercy to us).’.’’’’’’”

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Those people who leave a gathering in which they have not remembered Allah, will conclude it as if it has foul odour similar to that of a rotten carcass of a donkey. And it will be a cause of grief to them.”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Whenever a group of people sit in a gathering in which they do not remember Allah the Exalted, nor supplicate to elevate the rank of their Prophet, such a gathering will be a cause of grief to them. If Allah wills, He will punish them, and if He wills He will forgive them.”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “If anyone sits in a gathering where he does not remember Allah, he will bring grief upon himself (on the Day of Resurrection), and he who lies down in a place where he does not remember Allah, will bring grief upon himself (on the Day of Resurrection).”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “All that is left from Prophethood is the glad tidings.” He was asked what the glad tidings were, and he said, “The good dream.”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When the time draws near (i.e., near the end of the world), the dream of a believer can hardly be false; and the dream of a believer represents one part from forty-six parts of Prophethood.”. One narration says: Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The most truthful of you in their speech are those who see the truest visions.”

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He who sees me in his dream will see me in his wakefulness (or he (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) may have said it is as though he has seen me in a state of wakefulness), for Satan does not appear in my form.”.

I heard the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, “When one of you sees a dream that he likes, then it is from Allah. He should praise Allah for it and relate it to (others).”Another narration adds: Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He should not report it except to those whom he loves. And if he sees one which he dislikes, then it is from the Satan.

He should seek refuge in Allah against its evil and should not mention it to anyone. Then it will not harm him.”.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “A good vision (dream) is from Allah and a bad dream is from the Satan. He who sees something in a dream that he dislikes, should blow thrice on his left, must seek Allah’s Refuge from the evil of the Satan (i.e., by saying: Audhu billahi minash-Shaitanir-Rajim). Then it will not harm him.”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When one of you sees a bad dream let him blow three times on his left, seek refuge in Allah from the Satan three times (i.e., by saying: Audhu billahi minash-Shaitanir-Rajim) and change the side on which he was lying.”.

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Of the worst lies are: to claim a false father, or to pretend to have seen what one has not seen (tell a false dream), or to attribute to the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) what he has not said.”.