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Sunan Ibn Majah 585 — Can You Sleep While Junub?
Those who say that the sexually impure should not sleep until he performs ablution like his ablution for prayer
Can You Sleep While Junub? Hadith Answer
Sunan Ibn Majah : 585
Sunan Ibn MajahHadith Number 585
حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ أَيَرْقُدُ أَحَدُنَا وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ قَالَ " نَعَمْ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ " .
Ibn 'Umar Narrated from:
'Umar bin Khattab said to the Messenger of Allah: "can anyone of us sleep if he is sexually impure?" He said: "Yes, if he performs ablution."
Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 585In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 319English translation : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 585
Summary of Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 585
This hadith directly answers a common search question: can you sleep while junub? Umar bin Khattab asked the Messenger of Allah whether one of them could sleep while sexually impure. The Prophet answered yes, if he performs ablution. The wording is short and practical. It does not say that ghusl is removed or ignored; it only answers the question about sleeping and connects it with wudu. This makes the hadith important for the topic of janabah, sleep, and ablution. The teaching is easy to understand: when sleep is intended in this state, the hadith gives wudu as the mentioned action before sleeping.
What we learn from this hadith
- Umar asked a direct question about sleeping while junub.
- The Prophet answered that it is allowed with wudu.
- The hadith links sleep in janabah with ablution.
- The text does not remove the need for ghusl where ghusl applies.
