LessonsImpurity in Stagnant and Running Water, Large Ponds, and Aquatic CreaturesQuiz

وَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: «إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ مَنَامِهِ فَلَا يَغْمِسَنَّ يَدَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ حَتَّى يَغْسِلَهَا ثَلَاثًا؛ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي أَيْنَ بَاتَتْ يَدُهُ».
Meaning: When one of you wakes from sleep, let him not put his hand into the vessel until he has washed it three times, for he does not know where his hand spent the night.

The hadith provides an example of safeguarding water where contamination is possible but not certain.

It does not assert that every sleeping person’s hand is necessarily impure; it directs precaution before immersing the hand in stored water.

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Washing the Hands Before Immersing Them

Impurity in Stagnant and Running Water, Large Ponds, and Aquatic Creatures

وَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: «إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ مَنَامِهِ فَلَا يَغْمِسَنَّ يَدَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ حَتَّى يَغْسِلَهَا ثَلَاثًا؛ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي أَيْنَ بَاتَتْ يَدُهُ».
Meaning: When one of you wakes from sleep, let him not put his hand into the vessel until he has washed it three times, for he does not know where his hand spent the night.

The hadith provides an example of safeguarding water where contamination is possible but not certain.

It does not assert that every sleeping person’s hand is necessarily impure; it directs precaution before immersing the hand in stored water.