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ahmad:12446ʿAbd al-Ṣamad from my father > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If one of you feels drowsy while praying, they should stop and take a nap until they are aware of what they are saying."  

أحمد:١٢٤٤٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا نَعَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَلْيَنْصَرِفْ فَلْيَنَمْ حَتَّى يَعْلَمَ مَا يَقُولُ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
bukhari:213Abū Maʿmar > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Anas

The Prophet ﷺ said, "If anyone of you feels drowsy while praying, he should sleep till he understands what he is saying (reciting).  

البخاري:٢١٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا نَعَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَلْيَنَمْ حَتَّى يَعْلَمَ مَا يَقْرَأُ  

nasai:443Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ṭufāwī > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Anas

"If anyone of you feels drowsy during his Salah, let him go and take a nap."  

النسائي:٤٤٣أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الطُّفَاوِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا نَعَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلاَتِهِ فَلْيَنْصَرِفْ وَلْيَرْقُدْ  

ahmad:12520ʿAbd al-Ṣamad from my father > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If one of you feels sleepy while in prayer, they should wake up and lie down until they know what they are saying."  

أحمد:١٢٥٢٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا نَعَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ وَهُوَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَلْيَنْصَرِفْ فَلْيَنَمْ حَتَّى يَعْلَمَ مَا يَقُولُ  

nasai-kubra:154Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ṭafāwī > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Anas

"If anyone of you feels drowsy during his Salah, let him go and take a nap." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 443)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٥٤عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الطَّفَاوِيِّ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا نَعِسَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَلْيَنْصِرِفْ فَلْيَنَمْ»