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".
حَدَّثَنَا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ الْعَمِّيُّ، وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ نَافِعٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّهُ أَمَرَ رَجُلاً إِذَا أَخَذَ مَضْجَعَهُ قَالَ
اللَّهُمَّ خَلَقْتَ نَفْسِي وَأَنْتَ تَوَفَّاهَا لَكَ مَمَاتُهَا وَمَحْيَاهَا إِنْ أَحْيَيْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا وَإِنْ أَمَتَّهَا فَاغْفِرْ لَهَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ
. فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ أَسَمِعْتَ هَذَا مِنْ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ مِنْ خَيْرٍ مِنْ عُمَرَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم . قَالَ ابْنُ نَافِعٍ فِي رِوَايَتِهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ . وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ سَمِعْتُ .
Isnad
7 transmitters- 1'Uqba bin Mukaram bin Aflah al-''Amial-Basra · d. ~ 250 AH
- 2Abu Bakr bin Nafi' al-'Adwi, The ClientMedina
- 3Muhammad bin Ja'far Ghandaral-Basra · d. 194 AH
- 4Shu'bah bin al-HajjajWasit,Basra · d. 160 AH
- 5Khalid bin Mahran al-Hadha'al-Basra,al-Syria · d. ~141 AH
- 6'Abdullah ibn al-Harith ibn NawfalMedina/Basra/Oman · d. 79 AH
- 7ibn UmarMakkah/Medina · d. 74 AH/693 CE
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 48, Hadith 81
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 35, Hadith 6550 (deprecated numbering scheme)