Light Sleep During Prostration and Its Effect on Ablution
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The questioner:
Naturally, if he sleeps while prostrating, the sleep is light. Does it invalidate the ablution?
The Shaykh:
If the sleep is light while he is prostrating, it does not invalidate the ablution, because one does not take precautions against it. Light sleep during prostration does not occur frequently.
The questioner:
And a small amount, naturally.
The Shaykh:
No, absolutely not. It is not a likely occurrence. This happens frequently; if it invalidated the ablution, the prayers of many people would be invalid. And when there is hardship, there is a dispensation.
The presenter:
Thank you.
The Shaykh:
That is, this is different from the one who is lying down or reclining. That person is preparing himself for rest. But the one who is praying is in worship. Invalidating the ablution or taking him out of the prayer, that is difficult.
Naturally, if he sleeps while prostrating, the sleep is light. Does it invalidate the ablution?
The Shaykh:
If the sleep is light while he is prostrating, it does not invalidate the ablution, because one does not take precautions against it. Light sleep during prostration does not occur frequently.
The questioner:
And a small amount, naturally.
The Shaykh:
No, absolutely not. It is not a likely occurrence. This happens frequently; if it invalidated the ablution, the prayers of many people would be invalid. And when there is hardship, there is a dispensation.
The presenter:
Thank you.
The Shaykh:
That is, this is different from the one who is lying down or reclining. That person is preparing himself for rest. But the one who is praying is in worship. Invalidating the ablution or taking him out of the prayer, that is difficult.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من باب نواقض الوضوء — islamhouse.com (47:34)
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