Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 105

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ الْمُرَادِيُّ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏"‏ إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ فَلاَ يُدْخِلْ يَدَهُ فِي الإِنَاءِ حَتَّى يَغْسِلَهَا ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لاَ يَدْرِي أَيْنَ بَاتَتْ يَدُهُ أَوْ أَيْنَ كَانَتْ تَطُوفُ يَدُهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Ahmad ibn Amr ibn al-Sarh and Muhammad ibn Salamah al-Muradi said: Ibn Wahb narrated to us, from Muawiyah ibn Salih, from Abu Maryam, who said: I heard Abu Hurayrah say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: ‘When one of you wakes from sleep, let him not put his hand into the vessel until he has washed it three times, for none of you knows where his hand spent the night or where it moved about.’