If any of you wakes up from his sleep, let him blow water out of his nose three times, as …
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Hadith text: If any of you wakes up from his sleep, let him blow wat…
Explanation of the hadith: If any of you wakes up from his sleep, let him blow wat…
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) urges anyone who wakes up from his sleep to make Istinthar, i.e., blowing water out of the nose after sniffing it, three times because the devil spends the night on the nostril, which is the whole nose.
Lessons: If any of you wakes up from his sleep, let him blow wat…
- It is prescribed for anyone who wakes up from sleep to make Istinthār to remove the devil's traces from his nose, and if he wants to make ablution, then the command to make Istinthār is more confirmed in this case.
- Istinthār completes the benefit of Istinshāq (sniffing water), because the latter cleans the nose from the inside, whereas the former brings such filth out with the water.
- This is restricted to night sleep, as indicated by the words "spends the night," which only occurs during the night sleep and because one is more likely to sleep deeply and for a long period at night.
- The Hadīth bears evidence that the devil accompanies man but man does not feel it.
Categories :
Jurisprudence of Acts of Worship
· Purification
· Jurisprudence and Juristic Principles
· Ablution
· Method of Ablution
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
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الاثنين 21 جمادى الأولى
لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله
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