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Sahih Muslim 763i (Book 6, Hadith 224) #8949
Ablution and Praying for Light

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) performing ablution and praying for abundant light.

Ibn 'Abbas reported: I spent a night in the house of my mother's sister, Maimuna, and then narrated (the rest of the) hadith, but he made no mention of the washing of his face and two hands but he only said: He then came to the water-skin and loosened its straps and performed ablution between the two extremes, and then came to his bed and slept. He then got up for the second time and came to the water-skin and loosened its straps and then performed ablution which was in fact an ablution (it was performed well), and implored (the Lord) thus: "Give me abundant light," and he made no mention of: "Make me light".
وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَهَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِي رِشْدِينٍ، مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ بِتُّ عِنْدَ خَالَتِي مَيْمُونَةَ ‏.‏ وَاقْتَصَّ الْحَدِيثَ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ غَسْلَ الْوَجْهِ وَالْكَفَّيْنِ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَتَى الْقِرْبَةَ فَحَلَّ شِنَاقَهَا فَتَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءًا بَيْنَ الْوُضُوءَيْنِ ثُمَّ أَتَى فِرَاشَهُ فَنَامَ ثُمَّ قَامَ قَوْمَةً أُخْرَى فَأَتَى الْقِرْبَةَ فَحَلَّ شِنَاقَهَا ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءًا هُوَ الْوُضُوءُ وَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَعْظِمْ لِي نُورًا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ ‏"‏ وَاجْعَلْنِي نُورًا

TOPICS
ablution  *  prayer  *  light

QUICK LESSONS:
Think beyond yourself while making du'a , Perform wudu before sleeping .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) practice of performing ablution before going to bed. He would loosen the straps of a water-skin, perform wudu between two extremes, and then pray to Allah for abundant light. The Prophet's prayer was not only for himself but also for others as he asked Allah to give him "abundant light" instead of just asking Him to make him "light". This teaches us that we should always think beyond ourselves when making du'a and ask Allah to bless others too. Additionally, this hadith also shows us how important it is to perform wudu before going to bed as it helps us stay spiritually connected with our Creator even when we are asleep.

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