In the Middle of the Night
The sleeping habits of Allah's Messenger saw

A friend gave me a cd titled In the Middle of The Night; the sleeping habits of Allah's Messenger by Muhammad Alshareef as a birthday present. I heard till track 10 and stopped for a while to finish my 4 year plan that I've been delaying to finish. I learned much from the the talk.

Well, the 9-5 working hours are considered the kafir life style. Back in Rasulullah saw times, the sahabah wakes up when the sun rises and start their activities from fajar till sundown. Excessive sleep in dunia, will result less sleep in akhirah.

Sleep can be categorized into two:

1. natural sleep- like in a desert, without any technologies (such as the alarm clock to wake you up), people only wake up when the sun rises and go to sleep when the sun is down. There's no light and no caffeine to make you wide awake.
2. unnatural sleep- happens when one eat too much food which makes one drowsy but then take caffeine drinks (e.g Pepsi) , so they won't be able to go to sleep. Sleeping when lights are on.

When we sleep there are three knots that are tied on us by syaitan. So, how do we take these knots of us? Well, here's some tips:

1. knot 1 : say alhamdulillah and thank Allah for resurrecting us from our sleep. Don't forget to recite the doa rite after waking up!
   
2. knot 2 : Take wuduk
3. knot 3 : pray 2 rakaat (subuh prayer)

So, when we go to class in the morning, we now know who has succesfully vanquished the three knots. Their faces should be fresh and look fully awake. =)

Here are some of Rasulullah's Sunnah regarding sleep:

• take wuduk as if you want to pray before going to sleep
• sleep on your right side
• recite the doa before going to sleep
• don't do things on your bed before going to sleep (eg reading a book) because your bed should only associated with sleeping.
  

Guess I'll stop here. Have to finish my 4 year plan. =)