The sleeper’s certainty that nothing has come out of him
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if it is said that sleep is a place where ritual impurity (hadath) is likely to occur, and the sleeper is certain that nothing has come out of him,
Answer:
he is certain while he is sleeping. How can he be certain when he has no feeling or sensation while he is sleeping? He cannot be certain.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if it is said that sleep is a place where ritual impurity (hadath) is likely to occur, and the sleeper is certain that nothing has come out of him,
Answer:
he is certain while he is sleeping. How can he be certain when he has no feeling or sensation while he is sleeping? He cannot be certain.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب الوضوء بالخارج من السبيل — islamhouse.com (39:44)
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