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Jami at-Tirmidhi 24 — Washing Hands After Sleep
What Has Been Related That When One Of You Awakens From His Sleep, Then Let Him Not Put His Hand Into Vessel Until He Washes it.
Washing Hands After Sleep Before Wudu
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 24
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 24
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، أَحْمَدُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ - يُقَالُ هُوَ مِنْ وَلَدِ بُسْرِ بْنِ أَرْطَاةَ صَاحِبِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنِ الأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ وَأَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلاَ يُدْخِلْ يَدَهُ فِي الإِنَاءِ حَتَّى يُفْرِغَ عَلَيْهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثًا فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَدْرِي أَيْنَ بَاتَتْ يَدُهُ " . وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَجَابِرٍ وَعَائِشَةَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ وَأُحِبُّ لِكُلِّ مَنِ اسْتَيْقَظَ مِنَ النَّوْمِ قَائِلَةً كَانَتْ أَوْ غَيْرَهَا أَنْ لاَ يُدْخِلَ يَدَهُ فِي وَضُوئِهِ حَتَّى يَغْسِلَهَا فَإِنْ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَغْسِلَهَا كَرِهْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ وَلَمْ يُفْسِدْ ذَلِكَ الْمَاءَ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَى يَدِهِ نَجَاسَةٌ . وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ مِنَ النَّوْمِ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَأَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِي وَضُوئِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَغْسِلَهَا فَأَعْجَبُ إِلَىَّ أَنْ يُهَرِيقَ الْمَاءَ . وَقَالَ إِسْحَاقُ إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ مِنَ النَّوْمِ بِاللَّيْلِ أَوْ بِالنَّهَارِ فَلاَ يُدْخِلْ يَدَهُ فِي وَضُوئِهِ حَتَّى يَغْسِلَهَا .
Abu Hurairah Narrated from:
The Prophet Said: "When On Of You Awakens In The Night, Then Let Him Not Put His Hand Into The Vessel Until He Has Poured Water On Two Times, Or Three Times, For Indeed He Does Not Know Where His Hand Has Spent The Night."
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 24In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 24English translation : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 24
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 24
This hadith about washing hands after sleep teaches careful purity before using water. Abu Hurairah reported that when someone wakes in the night, he should not put his hand into the vessel until he has poured water over it two or three times. The reason given is simple: he does not know where his hand spent the night. The hadith does not ask a person to panic. It teaches a calm habit that protects the water used for purification. The report also records that scholars discussed this matter in relation to sleep, wudu water, and whether water is affected if no impurity is seen. The direct teaching is to wash first, then use the vessel.
What we learn from this hadith
- Wash the hand before putting it into a water vessel after waking at night.
- The hadith gives a reason: a person may not know where the hand was during sleep.
- Purification begins with careful handling of water.
- The teaching encourages caution without turning purity into panic.
