Those who said no ablution is required of one who sleeps while prostrating or sitting

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Ablution is not required of one who sleeps while in prostration, until he lies down on his side; when he lies on his side, his joints become relaxed."

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Companions would doze off with their heads drooping while waiting for the Isha prayer; then they would stand up and pray, and they would not perform ablution.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: Whoever sleeps while sitting is not required to perform ablution, and whoever sleeps lying on his side, his ablution is broken.

Ibrahim says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would fall asleep in bowing (ruku') and in prostration, then pray on, and he would not perform ablution.

Ibrahim says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) slept in the mosque until the sound of his breathing could be heard. Then he got up and prayed, but he did not perform ablution. And he said: The eyes of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sleep, but his heart does not sleep.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: Whoever sleeps while sitting, his ablution is not broken.

Shurahbil bin Muslim and Muhammad bin Ziyad say: Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) would sleep soundly while sitting, then stand up and pray, but he would not perform ablution.

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Whoever lays his side down should perform ablution.

Ibn Sirin says: I asked Ubaydah about this, and he said: He knows best about himself.

Ata says: Whoever sleeps in prostration, or standing, or sitting, his ablution is not broken; and whoever sleeps lying on his side, his ablution is broken.

The same is also reported from Ibrahim.

Ikrimah saw no harm in sleeping while sitting, but he considered it objectionable when lying on one's side.

Hisham says: I saw Ibn Sirin doze off with his head drooping; then he got up and prayed.

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would fall asleep until the sound of his breathing could be heard; then he would get up and pray without performing ablution.

Al-Hakam and Hammad say: Ablution is not broken until one's side touches the ground.

Ibrahim says: Sleeping while standing or sitting does not break ablution; ablution is broken only by lying down on one's side.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: The ablution of every sleeper is broken, except one who dozes with his head drooping once or twice; his ablution is not broken.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: Once I went to my maternal aunt, Sayyidah Maymunah, the Mother of the Believers (may Allah be pleased with her). That night the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was also there. He (peace and blessings be upon him) got up at night to pray, then he slept so deeply that I even heard the whistling sound of his breathing. Then Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) came to inform him of the prayer, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went out to the prayer, though he had neither performed ablution nor touched water.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Sometimes the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would fall asleep in prostration, so that we would hear the sound of his breathing, and from it we would know that he was asleep. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) would wake up and continue his prayer.

Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) would sleep among people in such a way that the sound of his snoring could be heard. When he was woken, he would say: "Did you hear me break my ablution?" They would say: "No." Then he would get up and begin praying.