(a) Allah Almighty said: "When you rise for prayer, wash your faces" [Surah al-Ma'idah: 6].
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I heard from a person who had sound knowledge of the Qur'an that this verse was revealed concerning those who rise from sleep.
(b) The Shaykh says: It is narrated from Zayd bin Aslam that this verse was revealed concerning one who rises from sleep.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 572
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:نقله عند القرطبي في تفسيرهٖ 6/78
Malik mentioned it like the previous hadith.
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him), in his earlier view, argued that the verse was revealed concerning a specific case, on the grounds that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed all the prayers with a single ablution.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 573
Sulayman bin Buraydah narrates from his father that on the day of the Conquest of Makkah the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed all the prayers with a single ablution and wiped over his leather socks. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I saw that you (peace and blessings be upon him) did something today that you never did before? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Umar, I did it deliberately."
(b) Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) says that in this hadith there is evidence that whoever rises from sleep should perform ablution.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 574
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one of you wakes up from his sleep, he should not put his hand into the water of the vessel until he washes it, for he does not know where his hand spent the night."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 575
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one of you gets up from sleep (and) stands to perform ablution, let him pour water over his hands, for he does not know where his hand spent the night."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 576
Zirr bin Hubaysh (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I came to Safwan bin Assal al-Muradi (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: Something troubles my heart about wiping over the leather socks after relieving oneself and urinating, and you are a Companion; I have come to you to ask whether you heard anything about this from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: Yes, he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to command us: "When we are travellers, we should not take off our leather socks for three days and three nights except for major ritual impurity (janabah); and we should not take them off for relieving oneself, urine or sleep."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 577
Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "The eyes are the drawstring of the anus, so whoever sleeps should perform ablution."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 578
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The eyes are the drawstring of the anus; when the eye sleeps, the drawstring is loosened."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 579
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him): "The eye is the drawstring of the anus." This hadith is mawquf (a Companion's statement).
(b) Marwan bin Janah transmitted the narration in mawquf form.
Al-Walid bin Muslim said: Marwan is more reliable than Abu Bakr bin Abi Maryam.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 580
It is narrated from Zayd bin Aslam that Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When one of you sleeps lying down, he should perform ablution. This narration is mursal.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 581
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): "Ablution is obligatory upon everyone who sleeps, except one whose head merely nods (from drowsiness); (ablution is not due on him on account of such sleep)."
(b) A group narrated it from Yazid bin Abi Ziyad in mawquf form, and there is also a marfu' narration, but its being marfu' is not established.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 583
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): "Whoever has truly fallen asleep, ablution has become obligatory upon him."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 584
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:ضعيف أخرجه علي بن الجعد 1452
Ibn Ulayyah narrates it from al-Jurayri with the same chain. (b) Al-Jurayri says: We asked when sleep is established, and he said: When the sleeper lays his side on the ground. (c) This narration is not established as marfu'.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 585
It is narrated from Nafi' that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) would sleep lightly in al-Masjid al-Haram and then perform ablution.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 586
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when sleep overcame him during the night prayer (qiyam al-layl), he would come to his bed and lie down, then sleep like a bird (briefly), then spring up, perform ablution and resume praying.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 587
It is narrated from Ata and Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on them both) that whoever falls asleep in the state of bowing or prostration should perform ablution.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 588
(a) It is narrated from al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) that whoever falls asleep while sitting should perform ablution.
(b) It is narrated from al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) that whoever falls asleep sitting or standing must perform ablution.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 589