Bulugh al-Maram 80

Translation

Narrated Mu’awiyah (rad): Allah’s Messenger (saW) said, “The eye (when awake) is the string of the anus (to stop air escaping), and if the two eyes sleep the string is untied”. [Reported by Ahmad and At-Tabarani who added, “Whoever sleeps should perform ablution]”

Notes

• رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ, وَالطَّبَرَانِيُّ وَزَادَ { وَمَنْ نَامَ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ }

Grades by grader

Same hadith, other wordings

• Musnad Ahmad 16879إِنَّ الْعَيْنَيْنِ وِكَاءُ السَّهِ، فَإِذَا نَامَتِ الْعَيْنَانِ اسْتَطْلَقَ الْوِكَاءُ
• Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir ath-Thabrani 16986سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّمَا الْعَيْنُ وِكَاءُ السَّهِ فَإِذَا نَامَتِ الْعَيْنُ انْطَلَقَ الْوِكَاءُ فَمَنْ نَامَ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ»
• As-Sunan al-Kubra al-Baihaqi 584الْعَيْنُ وِكَاءُ السَّهِ، فَإِذَا نَامَتِ الْعَيْنُ اسْتَطْلَقَ الْوِكَاءُ
• Sunan ad-Daruquthni 597الْعَيْنُ وِكَاءُ السَّهِ فَإِذَا نَامَتِ الْعَيْنُ اسْتَطْلَقَ الْوِكَاءُ
• Sunan ad-Darimi 749«إِنَّمَا الْعَيْنَانِ وِكَاءُ السَّهِ فَإِذَا نَامَتِ الْعَيْنُ اسْتَطْلَقَ الْوِكَاءُ»

Narrators

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   Muʿāwiyah b. Abī Sufyān

   Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 60 AH, also said: 59 AH
   مُعَاوِيَةَصحابي

Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com

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