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“The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, went into the Mosque
and noticed a rope stretched between two columns. He inquired:

„What is that rope for?‟ He was told: „This is Zainab's, (wife of the
Prophet, Mother of Believers, may Allah be pleased with her) rope.
When she feels tired during her voluntary prayer she holds on to it
for support.‟ The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, told them:

„Undo it. You should pray so long as you are not tired. When you
feel tired you should go to sleep.‟”

Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Anas who related this.

WARNING

|H 148

“If any of you feels sleepy in the course of the prayer, you should
sleep until your sleepiness departs. If you pray while you are sleepy