One Who Goes To Bed With Smell Emanating[1] From His Hand
Darussalam · Volume 4
29. Chapters On FoodSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 3297 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 1096
Source no. 3297 · Volume 7 · Page 297
Sahih
صحيح، المشكاة (٤٢١٩) ، الروض النضير (٨٢٣)
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3297. It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet ﷺ said: "If anyone of you goes to bed with a smell emanating from his hand, and he does not wash his hand, and something happens to him, he should not blame anyone but himself." (Sahih)
3297 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّوَارِبِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ الْمُخْتَارِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُهَيْلُ بْنُ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِذَا نَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ، وَفِي يَدِهِ رِيحُ غَمَرٍ، فَلَمْ يَغْسِلْ يَدَهُ، فَأَصَابَهُ شَيْءٌ، فَلَا يَلُومَنَّ، إِلَّا نَفْسَهُ»
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After eating the hand should be washed. Sleeping after eating food mixed with butter or sweets without washing the hand is prohibited. The reason of this prohibition is that due to the smell of grease ants may come on the bed and may cause harm to the sleeping person. Sometimes, a rat or the like may bite which may be dangerous.