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Take a midday nap after Jumu'ah

The practice
After Friday prayer, eat and take a short nap.
When
After Jumu'ah prayer
In daily life
If your Friday afternoon is free, have lunch after Jumu'ah and lie down for twenty minutes with your phone on silent.

The source

كُنَّا نَقِيلُ وَنَتَغَدَّى بَعْدَ الْجُمُعَةِ‏.

“We used to have a midday nap and take our meals after the Jumua (prayer)”
Narrated by Sahl bin Sa`dSahih al-Bukhari 6279
The full hadith, with its chain and grading →

Arabic: ara-bukhari · Translation: Muhsin Khan (eng-bukhari), from the eng-bukhari edition of hadith-api (public domain), sunnah.com numbering.

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Sources: Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and narrations of Jami at-Tirmidhi graded sahih or hasan sahih by al-Albani.