´It was narrated that Jabir said:` "The Messenger of Allah said: 'When anyone of oyu 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."]
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefit:
In this narration, the explicit mention is of washing three times.
In Hadith 393, the mention is of washing "two or three times," therefore the scholars say that washing three times is preferable, not obligatory.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 395