{"id":25551,"date":"2026-04-21T07:44:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T05:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=25551"},"modified":"2026-04-23T07:59:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:59:44","slug":"rasulullah-sallallahu-alaihi-wasallam-being-unable-to-sleep-the-entire-night-due-to-the-fear-of-consuming-a-date-of-sadaqah-fazaail-amaal-taleem-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=25551","title":{"rendered":"Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) Being Unable to Sleep the Entire Night Due to the Fear of Consuming a Date of Sadaqah \u2013 Fazaail A\u2019maal \u2013 Taleem Series \u2013 Part Thirty Eight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fazaail-aamaal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20991 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fazaail-aamaal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fazaail-aamaal.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fazaail-aamaal-240x200.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fazaail-aamaal-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-25551-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/02-Rasulullah-sallallahu-\u2018alaihi-wasallam-Being-Unable-to-Sleep-the-Entire-Night-Due-to-the-Fear-of-C.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/02-Rasulullah-sallallahu-\u2018alaihi-wasallam-Being-Unable-to-Sleep-the-Entire-Night-Due-to-the-Fear-of-C.mp3\">https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/02-Rasulullah-sallallahu-\u2018alaihi-wasallam-Being-Unable-to-Sleep-the-Entire-Night-Due-to-the-Fear-of-C.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Once, Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) spent the entire night turning from side to side, being unable to sleep. His respected wife asked him, \u201cO Rasul of Allah! It seems that you are unable to sleep tonight?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) replied, \u201cA date was lying about, so I picked it up and ate it so that it does not go to waste. Now, I am concerned that it might have been from the wealth of sadaqah (charity).\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most probably, the date was part of the wealth of Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam), but because the wealth of sadaqah would come to Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) as well (for distribution), he could not sleep the entire night due to the doubt that the date might have been from sadaqah \u2013 Allah Ta\u2018ala forbid! \u2013 and in that case, he would have eaten something from the wealth of sadaqah.<\/p>\n<p>This was the condition of Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) \u2013 that due to a mere doubt, he was unable to sleep the entire night and thus turned from side to side. Now look at the condition of people today \u2013 how is it that those who claim to be the slaves of that very master (sallallahu alaihi wasallam), yet they indulge in usury, corruption, theft and every other type of haraam wealth without the least conscience!<\/p>\n<p><em>(Fazaa\u2019il-e-A\u2019maal [Urdu] pg. 57)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once, Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) spent the entire night turning from side to side, being unable to sleep. His respected wife asked him, \u201cO Rasul of Allah! It seems that you are unable to sleep tonight?\u201d Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) replied, \u201cA date was lying about, so I picked it up and ate it so &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":20991,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[843,907,903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-fazaail-amaal","category-chapter-four-piety-and-fear-of-allah-taala","category-stories-of-the-sahaabah-radhiyallahu-anhum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25551"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25557,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25551\/revisions\/25557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}