صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الحيضThe Book of Menstruation
باب غَسْلِ الْوَجْهِ وَالْيَدَيْنِ إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ مِنَ النَّوْمِ:Chapter: Washing the face and hands when waking from sleep
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ ، عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ، فَقَضَى حَاجَتَهُ ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ وَيَدَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ نَامَ " .
Ibn 'Abbas reported: The Apostle (ﷺ) woke up at night; relieved himself, and then washed his face and hands and then again slept.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Benefits and Issues:
If a person wakes up very early at night, he may sleep again. Those scholars who have declared this to be disliked (makruh), their intent is that by sleeping again, there is a risk that he may be deprived of his nightly routines and the morning prayer (Salat al-Fajr). Therefore, he should not sleep again. However, if there is no such concern, then he may sleep.
Benefits and Issues:
If a person wakes up very early at night, he may sleep again. Those scholars who have declared this to be disliked (makruh), their intent is that by sleeping again, there is a risk that he may be deprived of his nightly routines and the morning prayer (Salat al-Fajr). Therefore, he should not sleep again. However, if there is no such concern, then he may sleep.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 698
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
To sleep in a state of ablution (wudu) means that not only should one perform ablution and go to bed in the early part of the night, but also, if one wakes up during any part of the night and goes to relieve oneself or for any other need, then it is highly virtuous to perform the Sunnah ablution again before sleeping. This is a most excellent deed.
To sleep in a state of ablution (wudu) means that not only should one perform ablution and go to bed in the early part of the night, but also, if one wakes up during any part of the night and goes to relieve oneself or for any other need, then it is highly virtuous to perform the Sunnah ablution again before sleeping. This is a most excellent deed.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 5043
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Commentary:
(1)
Sleeping in a state of ablution (wudu) is a source of reward. (Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Ablution, Chapter: The Virtue of One Who Sleeps in a State of Ablution, Hadith: 247 and Sahih Muslim, Book of Remembrance and Supplication, Chapter: What to Say When Going to Sleep and Lying Down, Hadith: 2710)
However, sleeping in a state of ablution is not obligatory.
Washing the hands and face is also sufficient; in fact, there is no harm in sleeping without ablution, even if there is a need for a ritual bath (ghusl).
As will be mentioned in Hadiths: 581 to 583.
(1)
Sleeping in a state of ablution (wudu) is a source of reward. (Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Ablution, Chapter: The Virtue of One Who Sleeps in a State of Ablution, Hadith: 247 and Sahih Muslim, Book of Remembrance and Supplication, Chapter: What to Say When Going to Sleep and Lying Down, Hadith: 2710)
However, sleeping in a state of ablution is not obligatory.
Washing the hands and face is also sufficient; in fact, there is no harm in sleeping without ablution, even if there is a need for a ritual bath (ghusl).
As will be mentioned in Hadiths: 581 to 583.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 508
