Sleeping

Q: I'd like to enquire about females sleeping with their hair open. Is it permissible, if not why?

Q: I am a woman with a very heavy menses, that comes with very painful cramps. Because it is very heavy, the blood tends to leak (onto my clothes, bed sheets, etc.). Is it permissible for me to sleep/lay down on my stomach as I have found that this position is the least likely to lead to a leak? I have also found it to help with the pain from the cramps?

Q: How much sleep should a 8 year old child becoming hafiz have? Even in general if a child is not becoming hafiz how much sleep should they have? Does Islam say anything into how many hours we should sleep also as adults?

Q: Is the following correct:

1. 'Aylulah' is the slumber after Fajr Salaat, which causes heaviness and inability to work.

2. 'Ghaylulah' is the slumber after the first quarter of the day, the effect of which is poverty and wretchedness.

Q:

1. What is the ruling of face or head direction while sleeping?

2. Can we sleep facing east direction, head towards south and leg towards north. Our back is towards west(qibla), (we can sleep in this way only because of room size constraints).

Q: My question is that my daughter is 3 years old. Is it also forbidden for her to sleep between asr and maghrib? I have heard, if we sleep between asr and maghrib, we could get bad ilness? If we are tired and just want to lie down for a while, is that ok?

Q: Is it sinful if the 'satr' (covering the essential parts of one's body) is not covered before and during sleep on bed?

Q: I would like to arrange triple bunks bed for my boys. Is this allowed? As I have heard you are not allowed to sleep on top of each other or you shouldn't sleep above each other. Please can you clarify this.

Q: A Hindu worker had come into my room. He then asked why I sleep on the floor despite having a normal bed. I was unsure how to explain, so I just replied that 'I find it more comfortable'. Was this the right thing to say? I sleep on the floor so that I can face the Qiblah whilst sleeping.

Q: Is it permissible to sleep with the head in qibla direction?