Feel something at night
Mu'meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi
wa Barakatuhu. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be
upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:
I would like to know at nite when I
sleep despite reciting my Kalimah and Aaayatul Kursi and making thikr before I sleep how come there are times when I feel a
presence, like something heavy which comes to lie on top of me, I immediately
start reciting and then I can actually feel the thing sliding away from me -
what is this and how can I make it go away? It happens several times over
time?
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Answer:
Feel
something at night
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
This feeling in indeed experienced by some people who
sleep on their backs, which effects one’s breathing. When one wakes up after sleeping a long
period on one’s back, it seems that one becomes immovable, or feels as if there
is some weight kept on them. This
condition has more to do with one’s sleeping position, rather than anything
else.
The Messenger of Allah (saws) himself used to sleep on his
side (right side), and advised the believers to do the same. If you follow this Sunnah position of
sleeping, Insha
Allah, it will eliminate the condition
of feeling heavy when you wake up.
Continue reciting the Aayat-ul-Kursi,
and the two ‘Quls’ (113th and 114th
Surahs of the Quran), and continue doing
the ‘dhikr’ or remembrance of Allah Subhanah before
you go to sleep; as that is the Sunnah
of the Messenger of Allah (saws). And
be assured that the heaviness when getting up is not an act of some ‘invisible’
being, but it
is a condition resulting from one’s sleeping position.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother in Islam,
Burhan
Wister