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Sunan Ibn Majah 395 — Washing Hands Before Wudu
When a man wakes up from sleep: should he put his hand in the vessel before washing it?
Hadith About Washing Hands Before Wudu After Sleep
Sunan Ibn Majah : 395
Sunan Ibn MajahHadith Number 395
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ تَوْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَكَّائِيُّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنَ النَّوْمِ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَتَوَضَّأَ فَلاَ يُدْخِلْ يَدَهُ فِي وَضُوئِهِ حَتَّى يَغْسِلَهَا فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَدْرِي أَيْنَ بَاتَتْ يَدُهُ وَلاَ عَلَى مَا وَضَعَهَا " .
Jabir Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah said: 'When anyone of you gets up from sleep and wants to perform ablution, he should not put his hand into the vessel he used for ablution until he has washed it, because he does not know where his hand spent the night or where he put it.'" [(One of the narrators) Abu Ishaq said: "What is correct is that it is narrated from Jabir, from Abu Hurairah."]
Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 395In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 129English translation : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 395
Summary of Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 395
This hadith about washing hands before wudu after sleep adds another detail to the same lesson. Jabir narrated that when someone gets up from sleep and wants to perform ablution, he should not put his hand into the vessel used for wudu until he has washed it. The reason is clear: he does not know where his hand spent the night or where he put it. The narration also includes a note about the correct route of narration, but the teaching remains focused on cleanliness before using the wudu vessel. For anyone searching for wash hands before wudu hadith, this text shows a careful first step before starting ablution with stored water.
What we learn from this hadith
- Wash the hand before using the wudu vessel after sleep.
- The hadith explains the reason as uncertainty about where the hand was.
- The teaching protects the water used for ablution.
