Hadith 200

حَدَّثَنَا شَاذُّ بْنُ فَيَّاضٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ، قَالَ : " كَانَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَنْتَظِرُونَ الْعِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةَ حَتَّى تَخْفِقَ رُءُوسُهُمْ ثُمَّ يُصَلُّونَ وَلَا يَتَوَضَّئُونَ " ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : زَادَ فِيهِ شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، قَالَ : كُنَّا نَخْفِقُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَرَوَاهُ ابْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، بِلَفْظٍ آخَرَ .
Narrated Anas: The Companions during the lifetime of the messenger of Allah used to wait for the night prayer so much so that their heads were lowered down (by dozing). Then they offered prayer and did not perform ablution. Abu Dawud said: Shubah on the authority of Qatadah added: We lowered down our heads (on accounts of dozing) in the day of the Messenger of Allah . Abu Dawud said; This tradition has been transmitted through a different chain of narrators.
Hadith Reference سنن ابي داود / كتاب الطهارة / 200
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح  |  زبیر علی زئی: صحيح مسلم (376), مشكوة المصابيح (317)
Hadith Takhrij «أخرجه: صحيح مسلم/الحيض/ 33. باب الدليل على أن نوم الجالس لا ينقض الوضوء: فواد 376 : دارالسلام 835، من حديث قتادة به ، ‏‏‏‏تفرد به ابوداود ، تحفة الأشراف: 1384 ، سنن الترمذي/الطهارة/ 57. باب ما جاء فى الوضوء من النوم : 78، وصححه الدارقطني : 1/ 131 (صحيح)» ‏‏‏‏
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Safi ur-Rahman Mubarakpuri
Lexical Explanation:EB
«بَابُ نَوَاقِضِ الْوُضُوءِ» is the plural of «نَوَاقِضِ» (naqis). By this is meant those things which invalidate ablution (wudu).
«تَخْفِقَ» means to lean due to the overpowering of sleep.
«رُؤُوسُهُمْ» is the plural of «رؤس», «راس», which means "head."

Benefits and Issues:
➊ This hadith indicates that as long as a person does not fall into deep sleep, his ablution (wudu) is not invalidated.
➋ Previously, the narration of Sayyiduna Safwan bin Assal radi Allahu anhu has been mentioned in the previous chapter, which indicates the invalidation of ablution by absolute (any) sleep.
➌ In light of this narration, that narration will be interpreted as referring to deep sleep, or it will be said that in this hadith, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam intended a specific type of sleep (drowsiness), and the noble Companions radi Allahu anhum were aware of the type of sleep that invalidates ablution and also of the type that does not invalidate it, and thus did not consider it necessary to clarify or explain further. In any case, it is understood that if a person sleeps while reclining or resting on a cushion, and his consciousness and awareness are lost, then such sleep will invalidate ablution. And generally, consciousness is lost in such a case; otherwise, mere drowsiness does not invalidate ablution.
➍ In the state of reclining or taking support from a cushion, the joints of the body become relaxed. In such a situation, there is a strong possibility of the release of wind from the stomach, and on this basis, as a precaution, it has been ordered to renew ablution. «وَاللهُ اَعْلَمُ بالصواب»
Source: Bulugh al-Maram: Commentary by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, Page: 62
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
1⎋:
Among these three, the first opinion is the preferred (rajih) view.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 78