Ruling on sleeping after ‘Asr
What is the status of the hadeeth, “Whoever sleeps after ‘Asr and loses his mind has no one to blame except himself”?
Answer
Praise be to Allaah.
This hadeeth is da’eef jiddan (very weak).
See al-Maqdoo’aat by Ibn al-Jawzi, 3/69; al-La’aali’ al-Masnoo’ah by al-Suyooti, 2/279; Tarteeb al-Mawdoo’aat by al-Dhahabi, 839
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Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid