The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) urges anyone who wakes up from his sleep to make Istinthar, i.e., blowing water out of the nose after sniffing it, three times because the devil spends the night on the nostril, which is the whole nose.

• It is prescribed for anyone who wakes up from sleep to make Istinthār to remove the devil's traces from his nose, and if he wants to make ablution, then the command to make Istinthār is more confirmed in this case.
• Istinthār completes the benefit of Istinshāq (sniffing water), because the latter cleans the nose from the inside, whereas the former brings such filth out with the water.
• This is restricted to night sleep, as indicated by the words "spends the night,"  which only occurs during the night sleep and because one is more likely to sleep deeply and for a long period at night.
• The Hadīth bears evidence that the devil accompanies man but man does not feel it.

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• This is how the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) performed ablution
• and performed ablution like that of the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) in front of them
• The Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) performed ablution by washing the body parts once
• If anyone performs ablution like this ablution of mine and offers two Rak'ahs during which he does not think of anything else, Allah will forgive his past sins