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Jami at-Tirmidhi 769 (Book 8, Hadith 88) #26334
Balanced Lifestyle of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) had a balanced lifestyle of fasting and not fasting, praying and sleeping.

Jafar bin Humaid narrated that: Anas bin Malik was asked about the Prophet's fasting and he said: "He would fast during a month until we thought that he did not want to abstain from fasting during any of it. And, he would not fast during a month until we thought that he did not want to fast during any of it. (There was no time) that I wanted to see if he was performing Salat during the night, except that I would see him praying, nor to see him sleeping, except that I would see him sleeping".
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنْ صَوْمِ النَّبِيِّ، ﷺ قَالَ كَانَ يَصُومُ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ حَتَّى نَرَى أَنَّهُ لاَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُفْطِرَ مِنْهُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَرَى أَنَّهُ لاَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَصُومَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا وَكُنْتَ لاَ تَشَاءُ أَنْ تَرَاهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مُصَلِّيًا إِلاَّ رَأَيْتَهُ مُصَلِّيًا وَلاَ نَائِمًا إِلاَّ رَأَيْتَهُ نَائِمًا ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
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fasting  *  praying  *  sleeping  *  balance

QUICK LESSONS:
Keep your life in balance between worshiping Allah SWT and taking care of your physical needs such as sleep etc.

EXPLANATIONS:
The hadith narrated by Jafar bin Humaid and Anas bin Malik speaks about the balanced lifestyle of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). It is said that he would fast during a month until people thought he did not want to abstain from fasting during any of it. Similarly, he would not fast during a month until people thought he did not want to fast during any of it. This shows that the Prophet Muhammad was very mindful about his lifestyle and kept it in balance. He also prayed regularly at night so much so that whenever someone wanted to see if he was performing salat they would find him doing so. Similarly when they wanted to see him sleeping they would find him sleeping as well. This shows us how important it is for us to keep our lives in balance between worshiping Allah SWT and taking care of our physical needs such as sleep etc.

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