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Hadith 4547

Chapter on Sitting, Sleeping, and Walking

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Chapter on Sitting, Sleeping, and Walking

Zujajat al-Masabih 4547Volume 4

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Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) “when he rested at night, would lie 1 on his right side, and when he rested shortly before dawn, he would prop up his arm and place his head on his palm.”
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Note 1

lie on his right side

(1) His statement: “lie on his right side”: It is said in Al-Alamgiriyyah: “Lying on the right side is the lying of the believer, while lying on the face is the lying of the disbelievers.”

Note 1

قوله

(۱) قوله: اضطجع على شقه الأيمن قال في العالمكيرية»: الاضطجاع بالجنب الأيمن اضطجاع المؤمن وعلى الوجه اضطجاع الكفار.