Benefits of the Hadith: (… If one of you prays while drowsy, he may go to seek forgiveness and end up cursing himself) and the Hadith (…

The Shaykh : This is also part of training the soul. If a person is praying and notices that he is sleepy, he should lie down so that he does not tire himself, and so that the Qur'an does not become difficult on his tongue, causing him to recite the Qur'an with words that are not part of it. He might also go to seek forgiveness for himself and end up cursing himself instead of saying, "O Allah, forgive me," saying to himself, "O Allah, curse him," for example, because he does not know what he is doing; he is asleep. In the hadith, there are two grammatical cases: the fathah, treating it as a response to "perhaps," and the second is the raf', treating the fa' as an introductory particle or a conjunction with "seeking forgiveness." As for "seeking forgiveness," it is in the raf' case only, because it is a state describing the subject of "he goes to seek forgiveness." He goes to seek forgiveness. In the second hadith, there is an indication that a person should reflect on what he says in his prayer and understand its meaning, and likewise what he does and understand the wisdom behind it. For example, the intended meaning of ruku' (bowing) is to magnify the Lord, and the intended meaning of sujud (prostration) is humility and submission before Him, and so on.