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ahmad:887ʿAlī b. Baḥr > Baqiyyah b. al-Walīd al-Ḥimṣī > al-Waḍīn b. ʿAṭāʾ > Maḥfūẓ b. ʿAlqamah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿĀʾidh al-Azdī > ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib

ʿThe anus, for the eye [in another version of this report, it says, ʿThe eye, for the anus…’ which sounds more apt], is like the string that ties up a waterskin; whoever goes to sleep, let him do wudoo’.”

أحمد:٨٨٧حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ بَحْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الْحِمْصِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي الْوَضِينُ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ مَحْفُوظِ بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَائِذٍ الْأَزْدِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ السَّهَ وِكَاءُ الْعَيْنِ فَمَنْ نَامَ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah
abudawud:203Ḥaywah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The eyes are the leather strap of the anus, so one who sleeps should perform ablution.

أبو داود:٢٠٣حَدَّثَنَا حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ الْحِمْصِيُّ فِي آخَرِينَ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ عَنِ الْوَضِينِ بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ مَحْفُوظِ بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَائِذٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وِكَاءُ السَّهِ الْعَيْنَانِ فَمَنْ نَامَ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ

ibnmajah:477Muḥammad b. al-Muṣaffá al-Ḥimṣī > Baqiyyah > al-Waḍīn b. ʿAṭāʾ > Maḥfūẓ b. ʿAlqamah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿĀʾidh al-Azdī > ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib

The Messenger of Allah said: "The eye is the leather strap (that ties up) the anus, so whoever falls asleep, let him perform ablution."

ابن ماجة:٤٧٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُصَفَّى الْحِمْصِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ عَنِ الْوَضِينِ بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ مَحْفُوظِ بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَائِذٍ الأَزْدِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْعَيْنُ وِكَاءُ السَّهِ فَمَنْ نَامَ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ