Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 315

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Mishkat al-Masabih 315
Arabic hadith text

وَعَن مُعَاوِيَة بن أبي سُفْيَان أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: قَالَ: «إِنَّمَا الْعَيْنَانِ وِكَاءُ السَّهِ فَإِذَا نَامَتِ الْعَيْنُ اسْتطْلقَ الوكاء» . رَوَاهُ الدِّرَامِي

Translation

Muʿāwiya ibn Abī Sufyān reported that the Prophet said: ‘The eyes are the tether of the anus; when the eye sleeps, the tether is loosened.’ Al-Dārimī transmitted it.

Translation notes

  • The accompanying grading labels this report ḥasan li-ghayrihi (good through supporting reports). The Arabic is metaphorical: sleep loosens the ‘tether,’ alluding to the loss of awareness of what may invalidate ablution.