Ibnul-Qayyim
رحمه
الله
said,
“Avoid those things that necessitate the punishment
of the grave.
And from the most beneficial of them is
that when a man wants to sleep, he sits for an hour, for the Sake of Allaah,
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 [i.e., his resolve to renew his repentance] up with the
remembrance of Allaah, performing those sunnan which have been reported from
the Prophet of Allaah (صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم)
when going to bed, [doing so] until sleep overtakes him.
So whoever Allaah wishes good for, He will
grant him the success to do that. And there is neither movement, nor power
except through Allaah.”
{Source: Ar-Rooh, page.79}
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