Is Sleep Canceling Wudhu? Here's An Explanation According To Hadiths

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YOGYAKARTA - In Islamic teachings, ablution is one way to purify yourself from unclean before carrying out some worship. However, did you sleep cancel the ablution? Check out the explanation below!

There are several things that have the potential to cancel ablution, one of which is sleep. However, the sleep in question has certain criteria. In other words, not all sleeping positions are at risk of canceling ablution.

Quoted from the book Fiqh Ibadah Madzhab Syafi'i, the sleeping criteria that can cancel the seat are for people who do not have a strong seat position and the like. From Ali bin Abi Talib, the Prophet of SAW said:

"The rectum is a pair of eyes. So whoever sleeps, should he pray," (HR Abu Dawud)

What must be understood, sleep alone is not the cause that cancels ablution. However, people who are sleeping, their veins will experience abuse.

If the sleeping position is not sturdy, generally the person will far away or fart. Farting itself is one of the causes of the cancellation of the ablution.

Wudhu was not declared canceled if someone was just sleeping lightly. The criterion to judge this is that the person can still hear the surrounding conversation. However, if the object or prayer beads he was holding fell from his hands during sleep, then it is no longer considered light sleep because the nerves are no longer functioning.

Furthermore, if a person sits in a steady state or position on the floor, for example in a supine position, the ablution will remain valid. However, if someone sits by sticking their feet and putting their arms on the soles of their feet, then the ablution is considered null and void.

Meanwhile, sleeping that can cancel ablution is lying on a tilted position or while sitting on a tilted position that rests on one of the waists.

Sleep is a case that cancels ablution by based on the hadith of the Prophet SAW. It is said that from Shafwan ibn 'Asal, Rasulullah SAW once equalized sleep to the condition of defecating and urinating.

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Meaning: "While traveling, the Prophet SAW ordered us to take off our kuff (shoes) for three days and three nights except for the junub, (and allowed to continue wearing them) because of defecating, urinating, and sleeping." (HR Ahmad, An Nasa'i, Tirmidzi, and Ibnu Majah)

Meanwhile, Imam Maliki and Hambali have opinions, sleep can cancel ablution because it is considered an act that eliminates reason or memory. While missing of reason is classified as a case that makes a person's ablution canceled.

For this reason, Abu Malik Kamal Ibn Sayyid Salim in Fiqih Sunnah Wanita interprets the hadith above as a good sleep. In other words, sleep that leaves no consciousness and does not feel anything or capture the sound around him, so he doesn't feel anything when something comes out of his body.

As explained already, ablution is a holistic activity carried out by washing your face, hands, head, and feet. A Muslim must know things that can cancel ablution.

This is because ablutionis part of the legal requirement for prayer. As stated by the Prophet Muhammad in a hadith which reads:

"Allah tidak menerima salat salah satu angkamu bila berhadats sampai ia berudhu," (HR Bukhari)

Quoted from the book Fiqh Ibadah Madzhab Syafi'i and the Ministry of Religion website, below are things other than sleeping that cancel ablution:

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