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Sunan Abi Dawud 202 — Sleep in Prostration and Ablution
Wudu' From Sleeping
Sleep in Prostration and Wudu Hadith Explained
Sunan Abi Dawud : 202
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 202
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ، وَهَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ السَّلاَمِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، - وَهَذَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ يَحْيَى - عَنْ أَبِي خَالِدٍ الدَّالاَنِيِّ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَسْجُدُ وَيَنَامُ وَيَنْفُخُ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيُصَلِّي وَلاَ يَتَوَضَّأُ . قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ صَلَّيْتَ وَلَمْ تَتَوَضَّأْ وَقَدْ نِمْتَ فَقَالَ " إِنَّمَا الْوُضُوءُ عَلَى مَنْ نَامَ مُضْطَجِعًا " . زَادَ عُثْمَانُ وَهَنَّادٌ " فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا اضْطَجَعَ اسْتَرْخَتْ مَفَاصِلُهُ " . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَوْلُهُ " الْوُضُوءُ عَلَى مَنْ نَامَ مُضْطَجِعًا " . هُوَ حَدِيثٌ مُنْكَرٌ لَمْ يَرْوِهِ إِلاَّ يَزِيدُ أَبُو خَالِدٍ الدَّالاَنِيُّ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ وَرَوَى أَوَّلَهُ جَمَاعَةٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرُوا شَيْئًا مِنْ هَذَا وَقَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَحْفُوظًا وَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ - رضى الله عنها - قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " تَنَامُ عَيْنَاىَ وَلاَ يَنَامُ قَلْبِي " . وَقَالَ شُعْبَةُ إِنَّمَا سَمِعَ قَتَادَةُ مِنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَحَادِيثَ حَدِيثَ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى وَحَدِيثَ ابْنِ عُمَرَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَحَدِيثَ الْقُضَاةُ ثَلاَثَةٌ وَحَدِيثَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ حَدَّثَنِي رِجَالٌ مَرْضِيُّونَ مِنْهُمْ عُمَرُ وَأَرْضَاهُمْ عِنْدِي عُمَرُ . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَذَكَرْتُ حَدِيثَ يَزِيدَ الدَّالاَنِيِّ لأَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ فَانْتَهَرَنِي اسْتِعْظَامًا لَهُ وَقَالَ مَا لِيَزِيدَ الدَّالاَنِيِّ يُدْخِلُ عَلَى أَصْحَابِ قَتَادَةَ وَلَمْ يَعْبَأْ بِالْحَدِيثِ .
Abdullah ibn Abbas Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to prostrate and sleep (in prostration) and produce puffing sounds (during sleep). Then he would stand and pray and would not perform ablution. I said to him: you prayed but did not perform ablution though you slept (in prostration). He replied: Ablution is necessary for one who sleeps while he is lying down. Uthman and Hannad added: For when he lies down, his joints are relaxed.Abu Dawud said: The statement "ablution is necessary for one who sleeps while one is lying down" is a munkar (rejected) tradition. It has been narrated only by Yazid Abu Khalid al-Dalani, on the authority of Qatadah. And its earlier part has been narrated by a group (of narrators) from Ibn 'Abbas; they did not mention anything about it. He (Ibn 'Abbas) said: The Prophet (ﷺ) was protected (during his sleep). 'Aishah reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: My eyes sleep, but my heart does not sleep.Shu'bah said: Qatadah heard from Abu'l-'Aliyah only four traditions: the tradition about Jonah son of Matthew, the tradition reported by Ibn 'Umar about prayer, the tradition stating that the judges are three, and the tradition narrated by Ibn 'Abbas saying: (This tradition) has been narrated to me by reliable persons; 'Umar is one of them, and the most reliable of them in my opinion is 'Umar.Abu Dawud said: I asked Ahmad b. Hanbal about the tradition narrated by Yazid al-Dalani. He rebuked me out of respect for him. Then he said: Yazid al-Dalani does not add anything to what has been narrated by the teachers of Qatadah. He did not care of this tradition (due to its weakness).
[1] The explanation of which follows it.[2] That was stated by 'Ikrimah after one of the narrations of Ibn 'Abbās. It was recorded by Ahmad (1:244) and others.[3] See no. 4669.[4] Similar was recorded by the author under no. 3573.[5] The author recorded a version of it with this chain in no. 1276.Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 202In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 202English translation : Book 1, Hadith 202
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 202
This hadith is searched by many people as the sleep in prostration wudu hadith. The report says the Messenger of Allah would prostrate, sleep, and make puffing sounds, then stand and pray without performing ablution. Ibn Abbas asked about that, and the answer in this narration links ablution to sleeping while lying down. The text also includes a very important note from Abu Dawud: the wording about ablution being necessary for one who sleeps lying down is called munkar, meaning rejected. So the explanation must be careful. The report itself also says the Prophet was protected, and Aishah reported that his eyes slept but his heart did not sleep.
What we learn from this hadith
- The report describes the Prophet sleeping in prostration, then praying without ablution.
- Abu Dawud clearly notes weakness in the added wording about lying down.
- The text points to the special state of the Prophet: his eyes slept, but his heart did not.
