Does Sleep Absolve the Obligation to Wait Six Hours Between Meat and Dairy?

Shalom, Some hold that if one ate meat and then went to sleep, there is no need to wait six hours before eating dairy, because sleep accelerates the digestion of meat. However, halachically, this is not accepted; even someone who sleeps after eating meat must wait six hours before eating dairy. 

Sources: The book Piskei Teshuvah (Siman 89) cites Yaaseh Avraham (Siman 31), who records the opinion of the holy Gaon Rabbi Avraham of Tshakhnov, zt"l, that one who ate meat and went to sleep (even a daytime nap) may eat dairy upon waking, even if six hours have not passed. The name of Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, zt"l, is also mentioned, asserting that if one sleeps three hours after eating poultry meat, he may eat dairy immediately. However, this leniency should not be relied upon with regard to the basic requirement of six hours waiting for meat of domesticated animals; moreover, it applies only to sleeping at night, not during the day (Asher Ha'ish, Yoreh Deah, Part A, Chapter 5, Section 25). The book Zechoron LeMoshe (page 65) reports that the Chasam Sofer, zt"l, wished to innovate similarly—that if one ate meat and went to sleep at night, he could drink dairy in the morning even if six hours had not passed, reasoning that sleep hastens digestion. Yet, after proposing this, he tried to prepare a cup of coffee in the morning after eating meat the night before but before six hours had passed. When the cup broke and coffee spilled on the floor, he said, "I see from Heaven that this view is not accepted," explaining that the Sages did not separate the time after meat from day to night. See also Teshuvot V'He'aguot, Part A (Siman 309), which quotes Yaaseh Avraham mentioned above and notes that a leading halachic authority in the holy city ruled accordingly, but wonders about the contradiction with Zechoron LeMoshe's words. It clarifies how the Chasam Sofer ruled by such signs, but ultimately the ruling remains that the halacha does not change. Likewise, Rabbi Shlomo Wozner, zt"l, holds that the custom is to wait six hours even if one sleeps during the interval (Kovetz Mibeit Levi, Nissan 5750, page 23). Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, shlita, also ruled strictly and did not permit leniency in this matter (Doleh U'Mashkeh, pages 286-288). Blessings, Hillel Meirs