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24. Abū Hurairah reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: “When one of you awakens in the night, then let him not put his hand into the vessel until he has poured water on it two times, or three times, for indeed he does not know where his hand has spent the night.” (Ṣaḥīḥ)
There are narrations on this topic from Ibn ‘Umar, Jābir, and ‘Aishah.
Abū ‘Eisā said: This Hadith is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ.
Ash-Shāfi‘ī said: “It is recommended for everyone who awakens from sleep, be it brief or otherwise, that he not put his hands into the water for Wudū’ until he washes them. If he were to enter his hands (in the vessel)
before washing them then that would be disliked for him, and it would not spoil the water when there is no impurities on his hands."
Ahmad bin Hanbal said, "When one awakens (from sleep) at night and enters his hands into the water for Wudū' before washing them, then it is preferred to me that he dump out the water."
Ishaq said, "When he awakens from sleep in the night or the day, then he is not to put his hands into the water for Wudū' until he washes them."
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Commentary
According to the majority of the people of knowledge there is no difference between the sleep of night or day in this matter; this rule is applied to waking up after any sleep and the specification of 'during night' is accidental but not specified only with the sleep at night. Some narrations do not have the quotation of this specification, and also Imām Tirmidhi entitled the chapter without the specification. The logic of this rule that the Prophet ﷺ explained is 'because the sleeping person does not know where his hand spent the night'; in accordance to this logic also there is no difference between the sleep of night and that of day.
