Question for Shaikh Yasir

[Usamah]

Assalamu Aleikum,

Somewhere in the class las weekend, we mentioned the Aayah:

"...يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ لاَ تَقْرَبُواْ الصَّلاَةَ وَأَنتُمْ سُكَارَى حَتَّى تَعْلَمُواْ مَا تَقُولُونَ"

Does this aayah speak exclusively regarding being intoxicated or does it include cases such as being so tired or sleepy that you don't know what you're doing or saying in the Salah, and you're just going through the motions?

أفيدونا, أفادكم الله

[Yaser Birjas]

Regarding the case you mentioned the ayah does not cover it, but the hadith does.
Aisha narrated the hadith as reported in Bukhari and Muslim the Messenger of Allah said: "...and if someone feels sleepy while praying he should (Yarqud) get some sleep until he is awake. For someone praying while sleepy might wish to make du'a but instead he would curse himself."

And Allah knows best

[Usamah]

Jazak'Allah Khair