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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  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
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  

tirmidhi:526Abū Saʿīd al-Ashaj > ʿAbdah b. Sulaymān And ʾAbū Khālid al-Aḥmar > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

the Prophet said: "When one of you becomes sleepy during the Friday prayer, then let him move from where he is sitting."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٥٢٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الأَشَجُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ وَأَبُو خَالِدٍ الأَحْمَرُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا نَعَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَلْيَتَحَوَّلْ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ ذَلِكَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ahmad:13611ʿAffān > Wuhayb > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Anas

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "If any of you feel drowsy during prayer, they should step aside and sleep."  

أحمد:١٣٦١١حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا نَعَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ وَهُوَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَلْيَنْصَرِفْ فَلْيَنَمْ  

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  

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  

tabarani:7003Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī And Mūsá b. Hārūn > Marwān b. Jaʿfar al-Samurī > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. Khubayb > Jaʿfar b. Saʿd b. Samurah > Khubayb b. Sulaymān from his father > Samurah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "If one of you feels drowsy on Friday, let him change his place."  

الطبراني:٧٠٠٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ وَمُوسَى بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَا ثنا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ السَّمُرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ خُبَيْبٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ عَنْ خُبَيْبِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا نَعَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الْجُمُعَةِ فَلْيَتَحَوَّلْ عَنْ مَقْعَدِهِ»  

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»