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Wudu before sleep

Thursday, April 2, 1908

إِذَا أَتَيْتَ مَضْجَعَكَ فَتَوَضَّأْ وُضُوءَكَ لِلصَّلَاةِ، ثُمَّ اضْطَجِعْ عَلَى شِقِّكَ الْأَيْمَنِ
Transliteration

Idha atayta madja'aka fa-tawadda' wudu'aka li-s-salah, thumma-dtaji' 'ala shiqqika-l-ayman.

Translation

When you go to your bed, perform wudu as you do for the prayer, then lie down on your right side.

Narrated by al-Bara' ibn 'Azib·Sahih al-Bukhari 247, Sahih Muslim 2710
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Wudu before sleep: When you go to your bed, perform wudu as you do for the prayer, then lie down on your right side.
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