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[Machine] If he wants to sleep or eat, then he should perform ablution, his ablution being for prayer.  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٠٢٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ «§إِذَا أَجْنَبَ الرَّجُلُ فَأَرَادَ

أَنْ يَنَامَ أَوْ يَطْعَمَ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ»  

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suyuti:1162a –

when the prophet ﷺ intended to sleep while he was sexually defiled, he would perform ablution as he did for prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 222)   

السيوطي:١١٦٢a –

"إذَا أراد أحدُكم أن ينامَ وهو جُنُبٌ فليتوضأ وضوءَه للصّلاةِ".  

[حم] أحمد عن عائشة