Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ إِذَا نَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ عُقِدَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ثَلَاثُ عُقَدٍ بِحَرِيرٍ فَإِنْ قَامَ فَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أُطْلِقَتْ وَاحِدَةٌ وَإِنْ مَضَى فَتَوَضَّأَ أُطْلِقَتْ الثَّانِيَةُ فَإِنْ مَضَى فَصَلَّى أُطْلِقَتْ الثَّالِثَةُ فَإِنْ أَصْبَحَ وَلَمْ يَقُمْ شَيْئًا مِنْ اللَّيْلِ وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ أَصْبَحَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِ يَعْنِي الْحَرِيرَ.
English Translation
Isma'il told us, from Yunus, from al-Hasan, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: "When one of you sleeps, three knots of silk are tied on his head. If he gets up and remembers Allah, Mighty and Majestic, one is untied; if he proceeds and performs ablution, the second is untied; if he proceeds and prays, the third is untied. But if he reaches morning without having gotten up at all during the night and without having prayed, he wakes up with it still upon him - meaning the silk."