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When the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) encamped to sleep at night during a journey, he would lie down on his right side, and when he wanted to sleep before dawn, he would extend his forearm and place his head on his palm

Narrated by Muslim · Authentic hadith

عن أبي قتادة الأنصاري رضي الله عنه قال: كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إذا كان في سفر، فعَرَّس بليل اضطجع على يمينه، وإذا عَرَّس قُبَيْل الصُّبْح نصَب ذراعه، ووضَع رَأْسه على كَفِّه.

“Abu Qatādah al-Ansāri (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: When the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) encamped to sleep at night during a journey, he would lie down on his right side, and when he wanted to sleep before dawn, he would extend his forearm and place his head on his palm.”

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