Riyad as-Salihin, 1460

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "When any of you goes to bed, he should shake off (or dust off) his bedsheet because he does not know what might have fallen on it after he had left it. Then he should recite: 'Bismika Rabbi wada'tu janbi, wa bika arfa'uhu, in amsakta nafsi farhamha, wa in arsaltaha fahfazha bima tahfazu bihi 'ibadakas-salihin [With Your Name, my Rubb, I place my side (upon the bed) and with Your Grace I will raise it up. If You withhold my soul (cause me to die), have mercy on it but if You let it go (let me live), guard it against which You guarded Your pious slaves]."' [Al- Bukhari and Muslim].

وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال‏:‏ قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم‏:‏ ‏

‏إذا أوى أحدكم إلى فراشه، فلينفض فراشه بداخلة إزاره فإنه لا يدري ما خلفه عليه، ثم يقول‏:‏ باسمك ربي وضعت جنبي، وبك أرفعه؛ إن أمسكت نفسي فارحمها، وإن أرسلتها، فاحفظها بما تحفظ به عبادك الصالحين‏

‏ ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

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In-Book Reference: Book 15, Hadith 53

Sharh · explanationclick to expand

Guidance from the Hadith: 1) The sign of success is that Allah Almighty would not entrust you to your own self, and the sign of failure is that He entrusts you to your own self. 2) One of the signs of one’s understanding of the religion is for him to supplicate Allah Almighty persistently to protect him. 3) A slave is encouraged to seek the help of his Lord in all his conditions; when he goes to sleep and when he wakes up, because he can do all this by the help of Allah and not by his own ability. 4) It is recommended to dust off one’s bed in the manner mentioned in the Hadith before lying in it even if no insects are visible on it, but one should still do so in compliance with the prophetic guidance and for the probability that there are insects on it that he cannot see. Words in the Hadith: The inside of his Izār: the side of his waist wrap that touches the body.

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