The Midday Nap and Eating Habits

Question

What was the practice of the noble Prophet ﷺ regarding the midday nap (qaylula) after the daytime meal? How long after eating, and for how long, did he take the qaylula?

Answer

In that era, eating was not the lengthy, elaborate affair it is today, nor was there any extravagance in it; most often the character of a meal was simply this: dates were eaten and water was drunk; bread with meat came very rarely.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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