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Sunan ad-Darimi 718

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أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، أَخْبَرَنَا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ حَدَّثَنِي عَطِيَّةُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ الْكَلَاعِيُّ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ

أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِنَّمَا الْعَيْنَانِ وِكَاءُ السَّهِ، فَإِذَا نَامَتْ الْعَيْنُ، اسْتَطْلَقَ الْوِكَاءُ»، قِيلَ لِأَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ: تَقُولُ بِهِ؟، قَالَ: لَا، إِذَا نَامَ قَائِمًا لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ الْوُضُوءُ

Sunan ad-Darimi 718, Book 2, Purification, Hadith 69. 1 min read

What it means

Meaning of the Hadīth: "The two eyes are the string that ties up the anus", i.e. the eyes in the state of wakefulness can control the anus, and prevent anything from being discharged therefrom. If something comes out from it, one will feel it.

"But when the two eyes sleep, the string is untied ", i.e. when one goes to sleep, his body muscles relax, so the string (or muscle) that controls his anus becomes loose and wind can pass freely without him feeling it. The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) likened the eyes to the string that is tied on top of a bag.

If the two eyes are opened, then the string will be tight around the anus, so if something comes out, one will feel it. However, if the eyes are asleep, then the string will be untied and everything inside the bag will come out without one feeling it. This is a type of simile. It is an eloquent simile which the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to make the Shariah ruling more understandable.

It is an example of the comprehensive precise speech which the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) was endowed with.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Ad-Darimi back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Ad-DarimiCompiler, died 255 AH
  2. 2Muhammad ibn al-MubarakInformed us, Fourth generation, died 215 AH
  3. 3Baqiyyah ibn al-WalidInformed us, Third generation, died 197 AH
  4. 4Abu BakrFrom, Third generation, died 156 AH
  5. 5Atiyyah ibn QaysTold me, Successor, died 104 AH
  6. 6Muawiyah ibn Abi SufyanFrom, Companion, died 60 AH

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