Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen disliked painkillers, since they kept him from teaching and standing the night in prayer.
Tag: sleep
Engaging in seeking forgiveness
Every night, Wakee' ibn al-Jarraah رحمه الله would not sleep until he had read a third of the Qur.aan. Then, during the last [third] of the night he would stand in prayer and recite the al-Mufassal.
Sleeping through the Fajr prayer
[About sleeping through the Fajr prayer]... We seek refuge in Allaah from that.
What time is my flight?
“My flight is at exactly 12 noon!” [So] how long will you continue to sleep? How will you get to the airport [in time] so you don't miss the flight? Or how will you get to the train station?
Fajr in congregation
I did not see Sulaymaan in the morning [Fajr prayer].
From the characteristics of those who are truthful
The truthful person [is one who] restricts his speech, food, sleep, and mixing with others [to only that which is necessary].
So you know that Fajr has a smell, right?
A man narrated [a story] to me, that in their town there was a blind man who knew the time of Fajr had arrived [just] by the smell [in the air]; yes, [just] by its smell - without actually [being...
Missing the Fajr prayer
Missing the Fajr prayer and sleeping during its time instead of praying it, is from the greatest of the prohibited acts, and from the acts of the hypocrites.
The legislated morning and evening supplications
Whoever utters the [legislated] morning and evening supplications, and then blows into his cupped hands, and Thereafter wipes his hands over his body - is doing this something which is legislated?
Only two hours of sleep
During [every] day and night, Ibn 'Ataa would [only] sleep for two hours.