Thursday, November 12, 2020

sleep is the brother of death

Jabir ibn Abdullah reported: ⁣

The Prophet (ﷺ) was asked, “O Messenger of Allah, do the people of Paradise sleep?” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Sleep is the sister of death, and the people of Paradise do not sleep.”⁣

In another narration, the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Sleep is the brother of death, and the people of Paradise do not die.”⁣

[Al-Mu’jam al-Awsat 938, graded sahih (authentic) according to As-Suyuti in Ad-Durr al-Manthur 13/291]⁣

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-'Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said,⁣

“..For this reason the people of Paradise will not sleep due to their complete and perfect life (they will have therein), and because sleep will deprive them of moments of bliss, happiness, and delight, since happiness in it is for eternity. Sleep is the minor death, and there is no death in Paradise.”⁣

[Al-Qawl al-Mufeed ‘alā Kitāb at-Tawheed, vol2, pg. 545, Dar ibn al-Jawzee print 2nd edition]

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