Sleeping While Sitting After Fajr and the Reward of Dhikr
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Question:
Abu Sami from 'Arar says: I sit after the Fajr prayer until the sun rises, but I fall asleep while sitting. Then, after the time for the sun to rise, I get up and pray two rak'ahs. The question is: Do I get the reward of the one who sat and remembered Allah until the sun rose?
Answer:
Yes, if drowsiness overcomes you while you are sitting, you are in the state of your worship, praise be to Allah, and your ritual purity remains. So you pray when the sun has risen. The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) used to wait with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) for the 'Isha' prayer until their heads would nod, then they would get up or pray without performing wudu'. This indicates that drowsiness in a sitting person does not invalidate the wudu'. Yes.
Abu Sami from 'Arar says: I sit after the Fajr prayer until the sun rises, but I fall asleep while sitting. Then, after the time for the sun to rise, I get up and pray two rak'ahs. The question is: Do I get the reward of the one who sat and remembered Allah until the sun rose?
Answer:
Yes, if drowsiness overcomes you while you are sitting, you are in the state of your worship, praise be to Allah, and your ritual purity remains. So you pray when the sun has risen. The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) used to wait with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) for the 'Isha' prayer until their heads would nod, then they would get up or pray without performing wudu'. This indicates that drowsiness in a sitting person does not invalidate the wudu'. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/274 — archive.org (14:32)
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