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From The Prophetic Medicine
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(3292 total words in this text)
(1667 Reads) 
By: Imam Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah
CHAPTER.60 (Pgs. 163-170)
The Prophet's Way in Sleep and Wakefulness
The person who thinks of the prophet's way in sleep and wakefulness, he will make certain that it is the most moderate and fit to the body, organs and forces. The prophet used to sleep at the beginning of the night, then he gets up at the beginning of the second half of night to brush his teeth, make ablution "Wudou" and pray what Allah wanted. Thus, the body, the organs and other forces take their part of sleep and rest and movement (exercises) with great reward. This method is the best one concerning the health of the heart and the body and the boon of the earthly life and the Hereafter. | He did not sleep more than his body required and did not prevent himself from the necessary sleep. The prophet practiced this perfectly-sleeping when need- on his right side remembering Allah until the sleep seizes him. He did not sleep while his stomach was full of food and beverage. He did not stick his side too much to the earth and did not lie on high beds. His bed was made of leather filled with fibers. He used to put his head on the pillow and he sometimes put his hand under his cheek.Here we are going to mention some kinds of sleeping:The useful and the harmful
Kinds of Sleep
Sleeping is a physical state of the body which is usually followed by the centralization of the instinctive heat and the forces in the interior of the body for rest. Sleeping is of two kinds: the natural and the non-natural ones.In the natural sleep, the psychological forces, which are the ones of sensation and voluntary movements, restrain their action causing the cease of the body movement. In doing so, the body relaxes causing the combination of humidites and steams- which are usually dissolved by the body movement in the brain the source of these forces. Thus, it becomes anesthetic and relaxes. This is the natural sleeping.The non-natural sleeping is caused accidentally or morbidly. So, either the humidities control the brain completely in a way that the awakening can't disperse them or a large amount of humid vaporous- as in case of surfeit by food or beverage- bums the brain making it relaxed and anesthetized. Thus, the psychological forces restrain their action in order to cause sleep.
Advantages of Sleep
Sleep has two advantageous properties:
The first one is the quietness and rest of the limbs after toiling work. Thus, the sleep comforts the sensation from fatigue caused during the wakefulness in order to dissipate the faintness and weariness.
The second one is the digestion of the diet and maturity of humors for the instinctive heat-during sleep- centralizes in the body's interior helping in digestion and maturity. For this reason, the sleeper's exterior feels cold and needs to be covered.The most beneficial sleep is to lie on the right-side so that the food settles well in the stomach for it is more inclined to the left. Then, the sleeper should lie on his left-side for a short time in order to increase the speed of digestion by this inclination of the stomach to the liver. After that, the sleeper should He steadily on his right-side so that the food descends quickly to the stomach. Thus, sleeping should be, at the beginning and the end, on the right-side for the repeatness of sleep on the left side is harmful to the heart for the materials pour on it because of the organs inclination.The worst sleep is the one on the back, but to lie on the back, for a rest without sleeping, is not harmful.But the worst of all ways of sleeping is the one while the person lying face down. In Al-"Musnad" and Ibn Maja's "Sunan", Abi Umama narrates that the Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, passed by a man sleeping in the mosque lying face down, the prophet warned him with his foot saying: stand up or sit, sleeping in this way is hellish"
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