Imaam Ibnul Qayyim in his book Kitaab Ar Rooh mentioned: From the most beneficial acts is that when a man wants to sleep, he sits for an hour, for the sake of Allah, calling himself to account over the things that he has lost and gained during that day of his. Then, between him and his Lord, he renews his sincere repentance over those things that he lost, and sleeps on that repentance, firmly resolving not to return to the sin when he wakes up and he does this every night. So if he dies on that night of his, he would have died upon repentance and if he wakes up, he will wake up going towards action, pleased with the postponement of his appointed time so that he can turn to his Lord and set right what he missed out on. And there is nothing more beneficial for the servant than this sleep, especially when he follows that up with the remembrance of Allah, performing those sunnahs which have been reported from the Prophet of Allah when going to bed, doing so until sleep overtakes him. So whoever Allah wishes good for, He will grant him the success to do that. And there is neither movement, nor power except through Allah.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 15:15:32 +0000