✅ Answer: Please consider the following narrations:

1⃣عَنْ أَبِی عُبَیْدَةَ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِی جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ علیه السلام قَالَ: تَتَجافی جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضاجِعِ لَعَلَّکَ تَرَی أَنَّ الْقَوْمَ لَمْ یَکُونُوا یَنَامُونَ قَالَ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ وَ ابْنُ رَسُولِهِ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَا بُدَّ لِهَذَا الْبَدَنِ أَنْ تُرِیحَهُ حَتَّی یَخْرُجَ نَفْسُهُ فَإِذَا خَرَجَ النَّفْسُ اسْتَرَاحَ الْبَدَنُ وَ رَجَعَ الرُّوحُ وَ فِیهِ قُوَّةٌ عَلَی الْعَمَلِ فَإِنَّمَا ذَکَرَهُمْ تَتَجافی جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضاجِعِ یَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ خَوْفاً وَ طَمَعاً أُنْزِلَتْ فِی أَمِیرِ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ علیه السلام وَ أَتْبَاعِهِ مِنْ شِیعَتِنَا یَنَامُونَ فِی أَوَّلِ اللَّیْلِ فَإِذَا ذَهَبَ ثُلُثَا اللَّیْلِ أَوْ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ فَزِعُوا إِلَی رَبِّهِمْ رَاغِبِینَ مُرْهَبِینَ طَامِعِینَ فِیمَا عِنْدَهُ فَذَکَرَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِی کِتَابِهِ فَأَخْبَرَکَ اللَّهُ بِمَا أَعْطَاهُمْ أَنَّهُ أَسْکَنَهُمْ فِی جِوَارِهِ وَ أَدْخَلَهُمْ جَنَّتَهُ وَ آمَنَ خَوْفَهُمْ وَ أَذْهَبَ رُعْبَهُمْ قَالَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاکَ إِنْ أَنَا قُمْتُ فِی آخِرِ اللَّیْلِ أَیَّ شَیْءٍ أَقُولُ إِذَا قُمْتُ قَالَ قُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِینَ وَ إِلَهِ الْمُرْسَلِینَ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِی یُحْیِی الْمَوْتَی وَ یَبْعَثُ مَنْ فِی الْقُبُورِ فَإِنَّکَ إِذَا قُلْتَهَا ذَهَبَ عَنْکَ رِجْزُ الشَّیْطَانِ وَ وَسْوَاسُهُ

📚 Ilal al-Sharaye’ Vol. 2, Page 53

Abu Ubaida said: Imam Sadiq, peace be upon him, mentioned this verse (Surah Sajda, verse 16): 'Their sides part from their beds...' and said: You may think they did not sleep! I said: Allah, His Messenger, and the son of His Messenger know best! He said: The body must rest so the soul departs, and when the soul departs, the body rests, and the spirit returns with renewed energy for action!

Indeed, Allah describes these people as: 'Their sides part from their beds, calling their Lord in fear and hope.' This verse was revealed about Amir al-Mu'minin, peace be upon him, and his followers among our Shia, who sleep at the beginning of the night and, after two-thirds or whatever Allah wills has passed, turn to their Lord in hope, fear, and longing for what is with Him! Allah mentions them in His Book and informs you of what He has granted them! Allah houses them near Him, admits them to Paradise, grants them security, and removes their fear!

I said: May I be your ransom! If I rise at the end of the night, what should I say? He replied: Say:

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِینَ وَ إِلَهِ الْمُرْسَلِینَ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِی یُحْیِی الْمَوْتَی وَ یَبْعَثُ مَنْ فِی الْقُبُورِ

For if you say this, it will remove the impurities and whispers of Satan from you!

2⃣عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ زَیْدِ بْنِ عَلِیِّ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ کَرِهَ لَکُمْ أَیَّتُهَا الْأُمَّةُ أَرْبَعاً وَ عِشْرِینَ خَصْلَةً وَ نَهَاکُمْ عَنْهَا إِلَی أَنْ قَالَ وَ کَرِهَ النَّوْمَ قَبْلَ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ وَ کَرِهَ الْحَدِیثَ بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ.

📚 Al-Faqih Vol. 3, Page 556

Imam Sadiq, peace be upon him, narrated from his ancestors that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him and his family, said: O Ummah! Indeed, Allah has deemed 24 traits undesirable for you and has prohibited them! Among them, he said: Sleeping before the evening prayer (Isha) is disliked, and speaking after it is also disliked!

3⃣عَنِ السَّکُونِیِّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنِ النَّبِیِّ قَالَ: لَا سَهَرَ إِلَّا فِی ثَلَاثٍ مُتَهَجِّدٍ بِالْقُرْآنِ أَوْ فِی طَلَبِ الْعِلْمِ أَوْ عَرُوسٍ تُهْدَی إِلَی زَوْجِهَا.

📚 Al-Khisal, Page 112, Hadith 88

Imam Sadiq, peace be upon him, narrated from his ancestors that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him and his family, said: Staying awake at night is permissible only in three cases: worship with Qur’an recitation, seeking knowledge, or a bride being sent to her husband's house!

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْر

4⃣عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَ أَمِیرُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ عَشَاءُ الْأَنْبِیَاءِ بَعْدَ الْعَتَمَةِ فَلَا تَدَعُوهُ فَإِنَّ تَرْکَ الْعَشَاءِ خَرَابُ الْبَدَنِ.

📚 Al-Kafi Vol. 6, Page 288

Imam Sadiq, peace be upon him, said: Amir al-Mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: Eating dinner after the evening prayer (or in the first third of the night after the red twilight disappears) is the tradition of the Prophets! Do not abandon eating dinner, for abandoning it destroys the body!

5⃣عَنْ زِیَادِ بْنِ أَبِی الْحَلَّالِ قَالَ: تَعَشَّیْتُ مَعَ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ الْعَشَاءُ بَعْدَ عِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ عَشَاءُ النَّبِیِّینَ.

📚 Al-Kafi Vol. 6, Page 289

Ziyad said: I ate dinner with Imam Sadiq, peace be upon him. Then the Imam said: Eating dinner after the evening prayer is the tradition of the Prophets!

6⃣عَنْ رَجَاءِ بْنِ أَبِی الضَّحَّاکِ فِی حَدِیثٍ قَالَ :... ثُمَّ یُفْطِرُ ثُمَّ یَلْبَثُ حَتَّی یَمْضِیَ مِنَ اللَّیْلِ قَرِیبٌ مِنَ الثُّلُثِ ثُمَّ یَقُومُ فَیُصَلِّی الْعِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةَ أَرْبَعَ رَکَعَاتٍ وَ یَقْنُتُ فِی الثَّانِیَةِ قَبْلَ الرُّکُوعِ وَ بَعْدَ الْقِرَاءَةِ فَإِذَا سَلَّمَ جَلَسَ فِی مُصَلَّاهُ یَذْکُرُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ یُسَبِّحُهُ وَ یُحَمِّدُهُ وَ یُکَبِّرُهُ وَ یُهَلِّلُهُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَ یَسْجُدُ بَعْدَ التَّعْقِیبِ سَجْدَةَ الشُّکْرِ ثُمَّ یَأْوِی إِلَی فِرَاشِهِ فَإِذَا کَانَ الثُّلُثُ الْأَخِیرُ مِنَ اللَّیْلِ قَامَ مِنْ فِرَاشِهِ بِالتَّسْبِیحِ وَ التَّحْمِیدِ وَ التَّهْلِیلِ وَ التَّکْبِیرِ وَ الِاسْتِغْفَارِ

📚 Uyun Akhbar al-Ridha Vol. 2, Page 181

Raja narrated: Imam Ridha, peace be upon him, after the Maghrib prayer, its recommended acts, and invocations, would break his fast and then wait until about one-third of the night had passed. Then he would rise to perform the four units of the evening prayer, performing qunoot in the second unit before bowing. After completing the prayer, he would sit in his place and remember Allah, exalting, praising, glorifying, and seeking forgiveness as Allah willed. Then he would perform the prostration of thanks, go to his bed, and rise in the last third of the night with the remembrance of Allah (Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, La ilaha illa Allah, Allahu Akbar) and seek forgiveness.

✅ Based on the above and other narrations, sleeping at the beginning of the night is a trait of the Shia of Amir al-Mu'minin, peace be upon him. It is recommended to sleep after performing the evening prayer at its earliest virtuous time (approximately 40 minutes after the Maghrib call to prayer) and eating dinner, avoiding unnecessary conversations and gatherings, and going to bed.

If one has fasted and broken their fast after the Maghrib prayer and performed the evening prayer near the first third of the night, it is recommended to go to bed after the prayer. Speaking and staying up late after this time is disliked unless for the few exceptions mentioned.

Thus, after performing the evening prayer at the earliest virtuous time or near the first third of the night and eating dinner, one should avoid unnecessary gatherings and go to sleep before entering the second third of the night. One should rise at the end of the night for night prayers and worship.

✅ Unfortunately, modern lifestyle changes have significantly delayed people’s sleep schedules, which undoubtedly have harmful consequences. We must strive to correct our sleep timings.

✅ Unfortunately, Shia followers of Ahlul Bayt, peace be upon them, by neglecting their narrations, not only harm their night and morning prayers but also suffer many other harms. They try to compensate for their lack of sleep by sleeping after morning prayers, during twilight, or at the beginning of the day. These times for sleep have been strongly condemned in other narrations. It is clear that staying up late at night causes multiple harms. We hope that with these reminders, we can take steps to correct our sleep schedules, God willing.

✅ It is recommended to make up for a lack of sleep during the Qaylula (midday nap) time: (https://t.me/porseshvapasokhe/1278)

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْر

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