Hadith 116

And from him, from his father, from Sa’ad, from Abbad Bin Suleyman, from Sadeyr Al Sayrafi who said, ‘I entered to see him-asws and in his-asws presence were Abu Baseer, and Muyassir, and a number of his-asws gatherers. When I had taken my seat, he-asws turned towards me-asws with his-asws face and said: ‘O Sadeyr! As for our-asws friend, let him worship standing, and sitting, and sleeping and alive and dead! ’
He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! As for worshipping Him-azwj standing, and sitting, and alive, so we have recognised it, but how can he worship Allah-azwj sleeping and dead? ’
He-asws said: ‘Our-asws friend would place down his head for slumber. When it would be the time for Salat, two Angels would be allocated with him, having been Created from the earth. They will not ascend to the sky nor seeing their kingdoms. They pray Salat in his presence until he wakes up. So Allah-azwj Writes the Reward of their Salats to be for him, and the Cycles from their Salats equates to a thousand Salats from the Salats of the human being. And our-asws friend, Allah-azwj Captures him (his soul) to Him-azwj, so his two Angels ascend to the sky and say, ‘O our Lord-azwj! Your-azwj servant so and so, son of so and so has been terminated and his term has been fulfilled, and You-azwj are more Knowing than we are with that, so Permit for us to worship You-azwj in the horizons of Your-azwj sky and the outskirts of the earth’. Allah-azwj Revealed to them: “In My-azwj sky there is one worshipping Me-azwj and there is no need for Me-azwj regarding his worship, but he is more needy to it, and in My-azwj earth there is on worshipping Me-azwj, and there is no need for Me-azwj regarding his worship, and I-azwj have not Created any creature more needy to Me-azwj than him. So get down to the grave of My-azwj friend! ”
They said, ‘O our Lord-azwj! Who is this one fortunate with You-azwj Love to him? ’’
He-asws said: ‘Allah-azwj Reveals to them: “That is the one I-azwj Taken his Covenant with My-azwj servant Muhammad-saww, and his-saww successor-asws, and their-asws offspring, with the Wilayah! Get down to the grave of My-azwj friend so and so, son of so and so, and pray Salat in his presence until I-azwj Resurrect him during the Qiyamah! ”’
He-asws said: ‘So the two Angels come down and pray Salat by the grave until Allah-azwj will Resurrect him, and He-azwj Writes the Rewards of their Salat, to be for him, and the (one) Cycle of their Salat equates to a thousand Salats from the Salats of the human beings’. Sadeyr said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws, O son-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww! So them your-asws, while he is sleeping, and is dead, would be worshipping more than when alive and standing! ’
He (the narrator) said, ‘Far be it, O Sadeyr! Our-azwj friend is trusting upon Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic on the Day of Qiyamah, so his security is allowed’’. [130]