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Sunan Ibn Majah 393 — Wash Hands After Sleep
When a man wakes up from sleep: should he put his hand in the vessel before washing it?
Hadith About Washing Hands After Sleep Before Wudu
Sunan Ibn Majah : 393
Sunan Ibn MajahHadith Number 393
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، وَأَبِي، سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّهُمَا حَدَّثَاهُ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ كَانَ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلاَ يُدْخِلْ يَدَهُ فِي الإِنَاءِ حَتَّى يُفْرِغَ عَلَيْهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثًا فَإِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لاَ يَدْرِي فِيمَ بَاتَتْ يَدُهُ " .
Sa'eed bin Musayyab and Abu Salamah bin 'Abdur-Rahman Narrated from:
Abu Hurairah used to say: "The Messenger of Allah said: 'When anyone of you wakes up from sleep, he should not put his hand into the vessel until he has poured water on it two or three times, for none of you knows where his hand spent the night,'"
Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 393In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 127English translation : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 393
Summary of Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 393
This hadith about washing hands after sleep before wudu teaches care before using a water vessel. Abu Hurairah reported that the Messenger of Allah said that when someone wakes up from sleep, he should not put his hand into the vessel until he has poured water on it two or three times. The reason is also stated: a person does not know where his hand spent the night. The hadith is practical and easy to apply. It connects cleanliness, sleep, and ablution water. For people searching where his hand spent the night hadith, the message is not fear, but caution and cleanliness before dipping the hand into shared or stored water.
What we learn from this hadith
- Wash the hand before putting it into the vessel after sleep.
- The hadith gives the reason: a person may not know where the hand was during sleep.
- The instruction protects the cleanliness of ablution water.
