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suyuti:1227a

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 washed it." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 394)   

السيوطي:١٢٢٧a

"إِذَا استيقظَ أحدُكم مِنْ نومِه فلا يُدخلْ يدَهُ الإِناءَ حتى يغسلَها".  

[هـ] ابن ماجة عن ابن عمر

See similar narrations below:

Collected by Muslim, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
muslim:278aNaṣr b. ʿAlī al-Jahḍamī And Ḥāmid b. ʿUmar al-Bakrāwī > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > Khālid > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > Abū Hurayrah

When anyone amongst you wakes up from sleep, he must not put his hand in the utensil till he has washed it three times, for he does not know where his hand was during the night.  

مسلم:٢٧٨aوَحَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ وَحَامِدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْبَكْرَاوِيُّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ فَلاَ يَغْمِسْ يَدَهُ فِي الإِنَاءِ حَتَّى يَغْسِلَهَا ثَلاَثًا فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَدْرِي أَيْنَ بَاتَتْ يَدُهُ  

ibnmajah:394Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > Ibn Lahīʿah Wajābir b. Ismāʿīl > ʿUqayl > Ibn Shihāb > Sālim from his father

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 washed it."  

ابن ماجة:٣٩٤حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ وَجَابِرُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ فَلاَ يُدْخِلْ يَدَهُ فِي الإِنَاءِ حَتَّى يَغْسِلَهَا  

ahmad:9139Hawdhah > ʿAwf > Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] Narrated by Prophet Muhammad ﷺ : When one of you wakes up from sleep and wants to perform ablution (washing before prayer), they should not dip their hand into the vessel until they have washed it, as they do not know where their hand has spent the night.  

أحمد:٩١٣٩حَدَّثَنَا هَوْذَةُ حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ فَأَرَادَ الطُّهُورَ فَلَا يَضَعَنَّ يَدَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ حَتَّى يَغْسِلَهَا فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي أَيْنَ بَاتَتْ يَدُهُ  

ahmad:10091Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ Waʾabī Razīn > Abū Hurayrah Rafaʿah Kadhā > al-Aʿmash

When anyone amongst you wakes up from sleep, he must not put his hand in the utensil till he has washed it three times, for he does not know where his hand was during the night. (Using translation from Muslim 278a)  

أحمد:١٠٠٩١حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ وَأَبِي رَزِينٍ عَنِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَفَعَهُ كَذَا قَالَ الْأَعْمَشُ قَالَ

إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ مَنَامِهِ فَلَا يَغْمِسْ يَدَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ حَتَّى يَغْسِلَهَا ثَلَاثًا فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي أَيْنَ 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:8182

[Machine] And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you wakes up from sleep, he should not put his hand in the ablution water until he washes it, for none of you knows where his hand has spent the night."  

أحمد:٨١٨٢

وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ فَلَا يَضَعْ يَدَهُ فِي الْوَضُوءِ حَتَّى يَغْسِلَهَا إِنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي أَحَدُكُمْ أَيْنَ بَاتَتْ يَدُهُ  

darimi:793Abū Nuʿaym > Ibn ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

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 washed it." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 394)   

الدارمي:٧٩٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ فَلَا يَغْمِسْ يَدَهُ فِي الْوَضُوءِ حَتَّى يَغْسِلَهَا ثَلَاثًا»  

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ إِدْخَالِ الْمَرْءِ يَدَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ فِي ابْتِدَاءِ الْوُضُوءِ قَبْلَ غَسْلَهُمَا ثَلَاثًا، إِذَا كَانَ مُسْتَيْقِظًا مِنْ نَوْمِهِ

ibnhibban:1061Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm b. Ismāʿīl Bibust > Ibn Wahb > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > Abū Maryam > Abū Hurayrah

I heard the Messenger of Allah (May Peace be upon him) say: When any of you wakes up from sleep, he should not put his hand in the utensil until he washes it three times, for none of you knows where his hand remained during the night or where it went round. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 105)  

ابن حبّان:١٠٦١أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بِبُسْتَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ فَلَا يُدْخِلْ يَدَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ حَتَّى يَغْسِلَهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَا يَدْرِي أَيْنَ كَانَتْ تَطُوفُ يَدُهُ»  

ذِكْرُ الْعَدَدِ الَّذِي يَغْسِلُ الْمُسْتَيْقِظُ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ يَدَيْهِ بِهِ

ibnhibban:1064al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān al-Shaybānī > Ḥibbān b. Mūsá > ʿAbdullāh > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > Abū Hurayrah

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 washed it." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 394)   

ابن حبّان:١٠٦٤أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ بْنُ مُوسَى أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ مَنَامِهِ فَلَا يَغْمِسْ يَدَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ حَتَّى يَغْسِلَهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ»  

nasai-kubra:1Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Muʿāwiyah al-Qurashī > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Muḥammad > Muḥammad b. al-Qāsim > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman Aḥmad b. Shuʿayb b. ʿAlī b. Sinān al-Nasāʾī > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

When anyone amongst you wakes up from sleep, he must not put his hand in the utensil till he has washed it three times, for he does not know where his hand was during the night. (Using translation from Muslim 278a)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ الْقُرَشِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سِنَانٍ النَّسَائِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ فَلَا يَغْمِسْ يَدَهُ فِي وَضُوئِهِ حَتَّى يَغْسِلَهَا ثَلَاثًا فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي حَيْثُ بَاتَتْ يَدُهُ»  

suyuti:1228a

I heard the Messenger of Allah (May Peace be upon him) say: When any of you wakes up from sleep, he should not put his hand in the utensil until he washes it three times, for none of you knows where his hand remained during the night or where it went round. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 105)   

السيوطي:١٢٢٨a

"إِذَا استيقظ أحدُكم من نومِه فلا يُدخلْ يدَه في الإناءِ حتَّى يغسلَها ثلاثًا، فإنَّ أحدَكم لا يدْرى أينَ باتت يده" .  

مالك، والشافعي، [حب] ابن حبّان [ش] ابن أبى شيبة [ص] سعيد بن منصور [حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [د] أبو داود [ت] الترمذي حسن صحيح، [ز] البزّار في سننه [هـ] ابن ماجة وابن خزيمة، [حب] ابن حبّان [قط] الدارقطنى في السنن [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن أبي هريرة
suyuti:1234a

"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)   

السيوطي:١٢٣٤a

"إِذَا استيقظَ أحدُكم مِنْ منامِه فلا يُدْخلْ يدَهُ فِي الإناء حتَّى يغْسلهَا؛ فإنه لَا يَدْرِي أينَ بَاتَتْ يَدُه مِنْهُ، وَيُسمَى قَبْلَ أنْ يُدْخِلهَا".  

[طس] الطبرانى في الأوسط عن أبي هريرة