Does daytime sleep differ from nighttime sleep in its effect on wudu?
2026-10-13
F129 · Selected fatwas
Shaykh Ibn ʿUthaymīn
الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين
Original Q&A · Complete answer to the follow-up question
This follow-up answers the day/night distinction. Read with the preceding discussion of light and deep sleep on p.111; it does not state that every instance of sleep invalidates wudu.
النص العربي
السؤال الأصلي
فضيلة الشيخ، ولكن بالنسبة للنوم هل هناك فرق بين نوم الليل ونوم النهار؟
الجواب
ليس هناك فرق بين نوم الليل والنهار؛ لأن العلة واحدة، وهي زوال الإحساس وكون الإنسان لا يحس بنفسه لو خرج منه شيء.
English translation
English rendering prepared for SalafAlSalih.com from the cited Arabic answer. Not an official translation.
Original question
Esteemed Shaykh, but with regard to sleep, is there a difference between sleeping at night and sleeping during the day?
Answer
There is no difference between sleep at night and sleep during the day, because the operative reason is the same: loss of awareness, such that a person would not notice if something came out of him.
Source and editorial notes
Fiqh al-ʿIbādāt, 13th edition, 1441 AH, question 72, p.113
فقه العبادات
Fiqh al-ʿIbādāt
Arabic transcribed and compared against the cited scan and adjacent context.