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bayhaqi:1156Abū ʿAbdullāh Isḥāq b. Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Sūsī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAwf > Abū al-Mughīrah ʿAbd al-Quddūs b. al-Ḥajjāj > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib And ʾAbī Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'When any one of you gets up after (sleeping) at night, let him not put his hand into the vessel until he has poured water on it two or three times, for none of you knows where his hand spent the night.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 441)   

البيهقي:١١٥٦وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ السُّوسِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَوْفٍ ثنا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ عَبْدُ الْقُدُّوسِ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ ثنا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ وَأَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ مَنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلَا يُدْخِلْ يَدَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ حَتَّى يُفْرِغَ عَلَيْهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي أَيْنَ بَاتَتْ يَدُهُ وَكَذَلِكَ قَالَهُ ابْنُ هُرْمُزَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
nasai:441ʿImrān b. Yazīd > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAbdullāh > al-Awzāʿī > Muḥammad b. Muslim al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'When any one of you gets up after (sleeping) at night, let him not put his hand into the vessel until he has poured water on it two or three times, for none of you knows where his hand spent the night.'"  

النسائي:٤٤١أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ الزُّهْرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلاَ يُدْخِلْ يَدَهُ فِي الإِنَاءِ حَتَّى يُفْرِغَ عَلَيْهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثًا فَإِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لاَ يَدْرِي أَيْنَ بَاتَتْ يَدُهُ  

nasai:161Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd And Ḥumayd b. Masʿadah > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

"When any one of you wakes from sleep, let him not put his hand into the vessel until he has washed it three times, because he does not know where his hand spent the night."  

النسائي:١٦١أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ وَحُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ مَنَامِهِ فَلاَ يُدْخِلْ يَدَهُ فِي الإِنَاءِ حَتَّى يُفْرِغَ عَلَيْهَا ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَدْرِي أَيْنَ بَاتَتْ يَدُهُ  

abudawud:103Musaddad > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Razīn And ʾAbī Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: When anyone amongst you wakes up from sleep at night, he should not put his hand in the utensil until he has washed his hand three times, for he does’ not know where his hand was during the night.  

أبو داود:١٠٣حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي رَزِينٍ وَأَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلاَ يَغْمِسْ يَدَهُ فِي الإِنَاءِ حَتَّى يَغْسِلَهَا ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَدْرِي أَيْنَ بَاتَتْ يَدُهُ  

ibnmajah:393ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm al-Dimashqī > al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab And ʾAbī Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Umā Ḥaddathāh

Abu Hurairah used to say: "The Messenger of Allah said: 'When anyone of you wakes up from sleep, he should not put his hand into the vessel until he has poured water on it two or three times, for none of you knows where his hand spent the night,'"  

ابن ماجة:٣٩٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ وَأَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّهُمَا حَدَّثَاهُ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ كَانَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلاَ يُدْخِلْ يَدَهُ فِي الإِنَاءِ حَتَّى يُفْرِغَ عَلَيْهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثًا فَإِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لاَ يَدْرِي فِيمَ بَاتَتْ يَدُهُ  

ahmad:7438Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: When anyone amongst you wakes up from sleep at night, he should not put his hand in the utensil until he has washed his hand three times, for he does’ not know where his hand was during the night. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 103)   

أحمد:٧٤٣٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلَا يُدْخِلْ يَدَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ حَتَّى يَغْسِلَهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي أَيْنَ بَاتَتْ يَدُهُ؟  

ahmad:7517ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: When anyone amongst you wakes up from sleep at night, he should not put his hand in the utensil until he has washed his hand three times, for he does’ not know where his hand was during the night. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 103)   

أحمد:٧٥١٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلَا يَغْمِسْ يَدَهُ فِي إِنَائِهِ حَتَّى يَغْسِلَهَا ثَلَاثًا فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي أَيْنَ بَاتَتْ يَدُهُ  

nasai-kubra:152Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Yazīd / Ibn Zurayʿ > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

"When any one of you wakes from sleep, let him not put his hand into the vessel until he has washed it three times, because he does not know where his hand spent the night." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 161)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٥٢أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ مَنَامِهِ فَلَا يُدْخِلْ يَدَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ حَتَّى يُفْرِغَ عَلَيْهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي أَيْنَ بَاتَتْ يَدَهُ  

suyuti:2320a

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: When anyone amongst you wakes up from sleep at night, he should not put his hand in the utensil until he has washed his hand three times, for he does’ not know where his hand was during the night. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 103)   

السيوطي:٢٣٢٠a

"إذَا قامَ أحدُكمْ مِنَ اللَّيلِ فلا يغمسْ يدهُ في الإناءِ حتَّى يغْسِلَها ثلاث مرات؛ فإِنَّه لا يدرى أينَ باتَتْ يدُهُ".  

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السيوطي:٢٣٢١a

"إذا قامَ أَحدُكمْ مِنْ نَوْمه فْلُيفْرغْ على يدِه مِنْ إنائِه ثلاثَ مراتٍ؛ فإِنه لا يدرى أين باتَتْ يدُهُ".  

[ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره [ش] ابن أبى شيبة عنه