Rest day — review your daily order
How al-Ghazali structured a Muslim day, from fajr to sleep.
About 20 minutes of listening
Book 10: The Mysteries of Regular Divisions
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
The final book of the first quarter — Al-Ghazali presents the arrangement of daily litanies and how structuring one's day around remembrance of Allah transforms the soul and orders the heart.
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From Arrangement of Litanies.
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"For those who cannot abandon comforts, they should at least be moderate. Sixthly, it is advised not to sleep unless one is truly overcome by sleep. One should not force themselves to sleep, except with the intention of waking up for worship in the latter part of the night. The righteous predecessors would sleep only when tired, eat to alleviate hunger, and speak only when necessary."
— Imam al-Ghazali, Book 10: The Mysteries of Regular Divisions
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"In such cases, sleep is preferable if they are not inclined to engage in remembrance and tasks, as sleep offers silence and safety. Some have said that a time will come when silence and sleep will be the best of deeds, and many worshippers improve their state with sleep when they are insincere in worship. This applies even more to the heedless."
— Imam al-Ghazali, Book 10: The Mysteries of Regular Divisions
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"Luqman said to his son, "O my son, if you doubt death, do not sleep, for just as you sleep, so too you will die. And if you doubt resurrection, do not awaken, for just as you wake after sleep, so too you will be resurrected after death. Ka'b al-Ahbar said, "When you sleep, lie on your right side and face the qibla, as it is a death.""
— Imam al-Ghazali, Book 10: The Mysteries of Regular Divisions