Is it recommended that a person sleep in a state of purity from major ritual impurity or from minor ritual impurity?
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The questioner: ... The intended meaning is the one who has performed ablution, or is it the one who is pure from major ritual impurity?
The Shaykh: No, the intended meaning here in the context of the hadith is the one who is pure with complete purity, the one who has performed ablution.
The questioner: And the one who has performed ablution, the one who sleeps, is he pure, meaning not having performed ablution?
The Shaykh: He may have half the reward.
The questioner: Okay, regarding the one who sleeps pure, or rather ... pure, is the intended meaning that he went to sleep while he was pure?
The Shaykh: No, the intended meaning is that when he places his side to sleep, he should be pure, otherwise this matter does not settle.
The questioner: I mean, what is the intended meaning ... .
The Shaykh: Yes, because he may ... sleep while he is reciting his portion of the Qur'an and is unable to complete it.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh: Yes.
The Shaykh: No, the intended meaning here in the context of the hadith is the one who is pure with complete purity, the one who has performed ablution.
The questioner: And the one who has performed ablution, the one who sleeps, is he pure, meaning not having performed ablution?
The Shaykh: He may have half the reward.
The questioner: Okay, regarding the one who sleeps pure, or rather ... pure, is the intended meaning that he went to sleep while he was pure?
The Shaykh: No, the intended meaning is that when he places his side to sleep, he should be pure, otherwise this matter does not settle.
The questioner: I mean, what is the intended meaning ... .
The Shaykh: Yes, because he may ... sleep while he is reciting his portion of the Qur'an and is unable to complete it.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh: Yes.
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