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Can a Muslim sleep on the stomach?

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No, it should be avoided as it is the way of the people of Hell and a way of sleeping Allah hates, except for a medical necessity. sleep, sleeping position, prohibition, medical exception, sunnah https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Rp9kXjYpmKE
So we have to avoid sleeping on our tummies. We know that the Prophet said that this is the way that the people of Jahannam will lie. In another narration, also collected by Muhammad, the Prophet said that it's a way of sleeping that Allah hates. So avoid sleeping on your front. If there's a medical condition and you need to, of course, no issue with that, that's an exception. But the general principle is one should not sleep on their front, on their tummies.
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