Supplication When Going To Sleep

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Al-Bara' b. 'Azib reported that Allah's, Messenger (may peace be upon said:

When you go to bed, perform ablution as is done for prayer; then lie down pn the right side and recite:" O Allah, I turn my face towards You and entrust my affair to You. I retreat unto You for protection with hope in You and fear of You. There is no resort and no deliverer (from hardship) but You only. I affirm my faith in Your books which You revealed and in Your Messengers whom You sent." Make this as the last word of yours (when you go to sleep) and in case you die during that night, you would die upon Fitra (upon Islam). And as I repeated these words in order to commit them to memory, I said:" I affirm my faith in Your Messenger (Rasul) whom You sent." He said: Say:" I affirm my faith in the Messenger (Nabi) whom You sent."

English translation

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of al-Bara' b. 'Azib with a slight variation of wording and there is this addition in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Husain:

" In case you get up in the morning, you will get up with bliss."

English translation

Al-Bara' b. 'Azib reported that Allah's Messenger (in ﷺ) commanded a person (in these words):

When you go to bed during night, you should say:" O Allah, I surrender myself to You and entrust my affair to You, with hope in You and fear of You. There is no resort and no deliverer (from hardship but You). I affirm my faith in the Book which You revealed and in the Messengers whom You sent." If you die in this state you would die on Fitra, and Ibn Bashshdr did not make a mention of" night" in this hadith.

English translation

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of al-Bara' b. 'Azib that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to a person:

O, so and so, as you go to your bed; the rest of the hadith is the same but with this variation of wording that he said:" Your Messenger whom You sent." If you die that night you would die on Fitra and if you get up in the morning you would get up with a bliss.

English translation

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of al-Bara' b. 'Azib that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) commanded a person (in these words) and there is no mention of this:

" if you get up in the morning you would get up with a bliss."

English translation

Al-Bara' reported that whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went to bed, he said:

" O Allah, it is with Your Name that I live and it is with Your Name that I die." And when he got up he used to say:" Praise is due to Allah, Who gave us life after our death (sleep) and unto You is resurrection."

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Abdullah b. 'Umar commanded a person that as he went to bed, he should say:

" O Allah, You created my being and it is for You to take it to its ultimate goal. And its death and life is due to You, and if You givest it life, safeguard it; and if You bringst death, grant it pardon. O Allah, I beg of You safety." A person said to him: Did you hear it from Umar? Thereupon he said: (I have heard from one) who is better than Umar, viz. from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). Ibn Nafi, reported this on the authority of Abdullah b. Harith but he did not make mention of this" that he heard it himself".

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Suhail reported that Abu Salih used to command us (in these words):

When any one of you intends to go to sleep, he should lie on the bed on his right side and then say:" O Allah. the Lord of the Heavens and the Lord of the Earth and Lord of the Magnificent Throne, our Lord, and the Lord of evervthina, the Splitter of the grain of corn and the datestone (or fruit kernal), the Revealer of Torah and Injil (Bible) and Criterion (the Holy Qur'an), I seek refuge in You from the evil of every- thing You are to sieze by the forelock (You have perfect control over it). O Allah, You are the First, there is naught before You, and You are the Last and there is naught after You, and You are Evident and there is nothing above You, and You are Innermost and there is nothing beyond You. Remove the burden of debt from us and relieve us from want." Abu Salih used to narrate it from Abu Huraira who narrated it from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ).

English translation

Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to command us that as we go to our bedo, we should utter the words (as mention- ed above) and he also said (these words):

" From the evil of every animal, You have hold upon its forelock (You bast full control over it)."

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Abu Huraira reported that Fatima (the daughter of the Prophet) came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and asked for a servant. He said to her:

Say:" O Allah, the Lord of the seven heavens" ; the rest of the hadith is the same.

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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as say- ing:

When any one of you goes to bed, he should take hold of the hem of his lower garment and then should clean (his bed) with the help of that and then should recite the name of Allah for he himself does tiot know what he left behind him on his bed, and when he intends to lie on bed, he should lie on his right side and utter these words:" Hallowed be Allah, my Lord. It is with Your (grace) that I place my side (upon the bed) and it is with You that I take it up (after sleep), and in case You withholdst my being (if you causest me to die), then grant pardon to my being, and if You keepst (this process of breathing on), then protect it with that with which You protected Your pious servants."

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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ubaidullah b. Umar with the same chain of transmitters and he said:

Then utter:" My Lord. with Your name I place my side and if You keepest me alive have mercy upon myself"

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Anas reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

When you go to bed, say:" Praise is due to Allah Who fed us, provided us drink, sufficed us and provided us with shelter, for many a people there is none to suffice and none to provide shelter."