Ruling on Washing the Hands, for One Newly Woken from the Night's Sleep, Before Putting Them into the Vessel

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Ruling on Washing the Hands, for One Newly Woken from the Night's Sleep, Before Putting Them into the Vessel

What is the ruling on washing the hands three times for one newly woken from the night's sleep, before putting them into the vessel?

Hanafi

Washing the hands up to the wrists three times at the start of wudu is a sunnah, more emphasised for one newly woken from sleep, and it is not obligatory.

Reference: Al-Hidāyah — Radd al-Muḥtār — Tabyīn al-Ḥaqāʾiq

Maliki

Washing the hands three times before putting them into the vessel is a sunnah in every wudu, as an act of devotion, for one newly woken from sleep and for others alike, and it is not obligatory.

Reference: Al-Mudawwanah — Al-Sharḥ al-Kabīr — Mawāhib al-Jalīl

Shāfiʿī

It is an emphasised sunnah for one newly woken from the night's sleep to wash the hands three times before putting them into the vessel, and it is not obligatory.

Reference: Al-Umm — Minhāj al-Ṭālibīn — Al-Majmūʿ

Hanbali

It is obligatory for one newly woken from the night's sleep that breaks the ablution to wash the hands three times before putting them into the vessel, as an act of devotion following the apparent sense of the hadith.

Reference: Al-Mughnī — Al-Kāfī — Kashshāf al-Qināʿ