Sleeping on the stomach for the one who is late for the Fajr prayer
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A person says: I cannot sleep except on my stomach. If I sleep on my right side, I am delayed in falling asleep, and sometimes I am unable to pray the Fajr prayer, even though if I sleep on my stomach I fall asleep quickly. Do I have a dispensation in this matter?
Answer:
This is not something that requires a dispensation. Sleeping on the stomach is not forbidden; it is disliked, a disliked act of avoidance (makruh tanzihi). It is disliked, a disliked act of avoidance. And the dislike is removed with need. If you need to sleep on your stomach, sleep on it; what contradicts [the ruling] is removed, and the dislike is removed. This is not a dispensation. Yes, yes.
The presenter:
May Allah grant you success
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A person says: I cannot sleep except on my stomach. If I sleep on my right side, I am delayed in falling asleep, and sometimes I am unable to pray the Fajr prayer, even though if I sleep on my stomach I fall asleep quickly. Do I have a dispensation in this matter?
Answer:
This is not something that requires a dispensation. Sleeping on the stomach is not forbidden; it is disliked, a disliked act of avoidance (makruh tanzihi). It is disliked, a disliked act of avoidance. And the dislike is removed with need. If you need to sleep on your stomach, sleep on it; what contradicts [the ruling] is removed, and the dislike is removed. This is not a dispensation. Yes, yes.
The presenter:
May Allah grant you success
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 104 من 123/شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع/الديات/الشجاج وكسر العظام/صالح الفوزان/الفقه/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:03:31)
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