The ruling on the wudu of one who did not wash his hands after sleeping
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person finishes his wudu after waking from his sleep and did not wash his hands at the beginning of the wudu,
The Shaykh:
Rather.
The questioner:
If a person finishes his wudu after waking from his sleep and did not wash his hands at the beginning of the wudu, does he have to repeat his wudu?
The Shaykh:
No, his wudu is valid, but with a condition. It is valid with the condition that if he did it intentionally, meaning he deliberately left off washing his hands after sleeping at night, he commits a sin, but his wudu is valid.
The questioner:
And regarding, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, the washing of the hands upon waking from sleep, is not the 'illah (operative cause) in it, as you mentioned in the hadith, namely his saying (peace and blessings be upon him)Muwatta Malik 2:7
The Shaykh:
Is this an apparent 'illah? Some scholars say yes, this is the 'illah, like Ibn al-Qayyim, who says because his hand may have touched his private parts while he did not know, it may have touched his front and his back while he did not know, but this is a conjecture.
The presenter:
And regarding, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
And some say that Ibn al-Qayyim also mentioned this, that he does not know where his hand spent the night, saying because a Shaytan may have spent the night in it, and the Shaytan is impure. All of this is conjecture, it is not.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person finishes his wudu after waking from his sleep and did not wash his hands at the beginning of the wudu,
The Shaykh:
Rather.
The questioner:
If a person finishes his wudu after waking from his sleep and did not wash his hands at the beginning of the wudu, does he have to repeat his wudu?
The Shaykh:
No, his wudu is valid, but with a condition. It is valid with the condition that if he did it intentionally, meaning he deliberately left off washing his hands after sleeping at night, he commits a sin, but his wudu is valid.
The questioner:
And regarding, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, the washing of the hands upon waking from sleep, is not the 'illah (operative cause) in it, as you mentioned in the hadith, namely his saying (peace and blessings be upon him)
for you do not know where your hands have spent the night.
فإن أحدكم لا يدري أين باتت يدهThe Shaykh:
Is this an apparent 'illah? Some scholars say yes, this is the 'illah, like Ibn al-Qayyim, who says because his hand may have touched his private parts while he did not know, it may have touched his front and his back while he did not know, but this is a conjecture.
The presenter:
And regarding, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
And some say that Ibn al-Qayyim also mentioned this, that he does not know where his hand spent the night, saying because a Shaytan may have spent the night in it, and the Shaytan is impure. All of this is conjecture, it is not.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4 — youtube.com (5:45)
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