{"id":409,"date":"2014-11-26T20:23:22","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T20:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/?p=409"},"modified":"2017-11-08T23:09:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T03:09:03","slug":"is-it-permissible-to-lay-on-your-stomach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/is-it-permissible-to-lay-on-your-stomach\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it permissible to lay on your stomach?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"80%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Is it permissible to lay on your stomach other than sleeping. For eg when one has a stomach ache or maybe just to read a book. Jazakumullahu Khairan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>As-sal\u0101mu \u2018alaykum wa-rahmatull\u0101hi wa-barak\u0101tuh.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is discouraged for one to lay on his\/her stomach is due to the following Hadith of the Prophet (SallAll\u0101hu \u1ffeAlayhi Wasallam):<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u0639\u064e\u0646\u0652 \u0623\u064e\u0628\u0650\u064a \u0630\u064e\u0631\u0651\u064d\u060c \u0642\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064e \u0645\u064e\u0631\u0651\u064e \u0628\u0650\u064a\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0628\u0650\u064a\u0651\u064f \u0640 \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0645 \u0640 \u0648\u064e\u0623\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0627 \u0645\u064f\u0636\u0652\u0637\u064e\u062c\u0650\u0639\u064c \u0639\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0649 \u0628\u064e\u0637\u0652\u0646\u0650\u064a \u0641\u064e\u0631\u064e\u0643\u064e\u0636\u064e\u0646\u0650\u064a \u0628\u0650\u0631\u0650\u062c\u0652\u0644\u0650\u0647\u0650 \u0648\u064e\u0642\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064e \u200f &#8220;\u200f \u064a\u064e\u0627 \u062c\u064f\u0646\u064e\u064a\u0652\u062f\u0650\u0628\u064f \u0625\u0650\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0645\u064e\u0627 \u0647\u064e\u0630\u0650\u0647\u0650 \u0636\u0650\u062c\u0652\u0639\u064e\u0629\u064f \u0623\u064e\u0647\u0652\u0644\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0627\u0631\u0650 \u200f&#8221;\u200f \u200f.\u200f<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It was narrated that Abu Dharr said:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;The Prophet(\ufdfa) passed by me and I was lying on my stomach. He nudged me with his foot and said: &#8216;O Junaidib! This is how the people of Hell lie.'(Sunan Ibn Majah 3724)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The above mentioned hadith clearly mentions that for one to lie on his\/her stomach is disliked by Allah Ta\u2019ala, therefore, one should abstain from doing so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>And Allah Ta\u2019\u0101la Knows Best<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Arshad Ali<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Trinidad<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Checked and Approved by,<br \/>\nMufti Ebrahim Desai.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Is it permissible to lay on your stomach other than sleeping. 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