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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Sleeping on the Stomach

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the ruling on sleeping on the stomach, or lying on the stomach?

Answer:
It is disliked except out of necessity. If a person needs to, there is nothing wrong with it. But if he does not need to sleep on his stomach, it is disliked. Yes.
Source شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الباب الرابع في أن حياة القلب وإشراقه مادة كل خير فيه — islamhouse.com (1:14:51)

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