Before sleeping

99 three times

On going to bed, cup the palms together, blow lightly into them and recite:

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ﴿١﴾ ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ ﴿٢﴾ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ ﴿٣﴾ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌۢ ﴿٤﴾

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْفَلَقِ ﴿١﴾ مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ ﴿٢﴾ وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ ﴿٣﴾ وَمِن شَرِّ ٱلنَّفَّٰثَٰتِ فِى ٱلْعُقَدِ ﴿٤﴾ وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ ﴿٥﴾

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ ﴿١﴾ مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ ﴿٢﴾ إِلَٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ ﴿٣﴾ مِن شَرِّ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ ٱلْخَنَّاسِ ﴿٤﴾ ٱلَّذِى يُوَسْوِسُ فِى صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ ﴿٥﴾ مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ ﴿٦﴾

Bismillahir-rahmanir-rahim. Qul huwallahu ahad (1) Allahus-samad (2) Lam yalid walam yulad (3) Walam yakun lahu kufuwan ahad (4) — Bismillahir-rahmanir-rahim. Qul a'udhu birabbil-falaq (1) Min sharri ma khalaq (2) Wamin sharri ghasiqin idha waqab (3) Wamin sharrin-naffathati fil-'uqad (4) Wamin sharri hasidin idha hasad (5) — Bismillahir-rahmanir-rahim. Qul a'udhu birabbin-nas (1) Malikin-nas (2) Ilahin-nas (3) Min sharril-waswasil-khannas (4) Al-ladhi yuwaswisu fi sudurin-nas (5) Minal-jinnati wan-nas (6)

In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. Say: He is Allah, the One. (1) Allah, the Self-Sufficient, on whom all depend. (2) He neither begets nor was He begotten, (3) and there is none comparable to Him. (4) In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the daybreak (1) from the evil of what He has created, (2) and from the evil of the darkness when it gathers, (3) and from the evil of those who blow on knots, (4) and from the evil of an envier when he envies. (5) In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind, (1) the King of mankind, (2) the Deity of mankind, (3) from the evil of the whisperer who withdraws, (4) who whispers in the hearts of mankind, (5) from among the jinn and mankind. (6)

Then wipe as much of the body as you can with them, beginning with the head, the face and the front of the body. Do this three times.

Source Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5017 Ṣaḥīḥ · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3402 Ṣaḥīḥ · Qur'an 112:1-4 · Qur'an 113:1-5 · Qur'an 114:1-6

Compiler cites al-Bukhārī with Fatḥ al-Bārī 9/62; Muslim 4/1723

100

ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ لَا تَأْخُذُهُۥ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ لَّهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَىْءٍ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّا بِمَا شَآءَ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَا يَـُٔودُهُۥ حِفْظُهُمَا وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ﴿٢٥٥﴾

Allahu la ilaha illa huwal-hayyul-qayyumu la ta'khudhuhu sinatun wala nawmun lahu ma fis-samawati wama fil-ardi man dhal-ladhi yashfa'u 'indahu illa bi'idhnihi ya'lamu ma bayna aydihim wama khalfahum wala yuhituna bishay'in min 'ilmihi illa bima sha'a wasi'a kursiyyuhus-samawati wal-arda wala ya'uduhu hifzuhuma wahuwal-'aliyyul-'azim (255)

Allah — there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of all. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is there that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and they encompass nothing of His knowledge except what He wills. His Kursī extends over the heavens and the earth, and preserving them does not weary Him. And He is the Most High, the Most Great. (255)

Source Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2311 Ṣaḥīḥ · Qur'an 2:255

Compiler cites al-Bukhārī with Fatḥ al-Bārī 4/487

101

ءَامَنَ ٱلرَّسُولُ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِن رَّبِّهِۦ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ كُلٌّ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتِهِۦ وَكُتُبِهِۦ وَرُسُلِهِۦ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّن رُّسُلِهِۦ وَقَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا غُفْرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيْكَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ ﴿٢٨٥﴾ لَا يُكَلِّفُ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا مَا ٱكْتَسَبَتْ رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَآ إِن نَّسِينَآ أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَآ إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِۦ وَٱعْفُ عَنَّا وَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَآ أَنتَ مَوْلَىٰنَا فَٱنصُرْنَا عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ ﴿٢٨٦﴾

Amanar-rasulu bima unzila ilayhi min rabbihi wal-mu'minuna kullun amana billahi wamala'ikatihi wakutubihi warusulihi la nufarriqu bayna ahadin min rusulihi waqalu sami'na wa ata'na ghufranaka rabbana wa ilaykal-masir (285) La yukallifullahu nafsan illa wus'aha laha ma kasabat wa'alayha maktasabat rabbana la tu'akhidhna in nasina aw akhta'na rabbana wala tahmil 'alayna isran kama hamaltahu 'alal-ladhina min qablina rabbana wala tuhammilna ma la taqata lana bihi wa'fu 'anna waghfir lana warhamna anta mawlana fansurna 'alal-qawmil-kafirin (286)

The Messenger believes in what has been sent down to him from his Lord, and so do the believers. Each of them believes in Allah, His angels, His Books and His messengers: “We make no distinction between any of His messengers.” And they say: “We hear and we obey. [We ask] Your forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the final return.” (285) Allah does not burden any soul beyond its capacity. In its favour is the good it has earned, and against it the evil it has earned. “Our Lord, do not take us to task if we forget or make a mistake. Our Lord, do not lay upon us a burden like the one You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, do not burden us with what we have no strength to bear. Pardon us, forgive us and have mercy on us. You are our Protector, so grant us victory over the disbelieving people.” (286)

Source Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5009 Ṣaḥīḥ · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, The Book of Prayer - Travellers — site no. 1772 Ṣaḥīḥ · Qur'an 2:285-286

Compiler cites al-Bukhārī with Fatḥ al-Bārī 9/94; Muslim 1/554

102

If one of you gets up from his bed and then returns to it, let him shake it out three times with the edge of his lower garment and mention the name of Allah, for he does not know what has come onto it after him. Then, when he lies down, let him say:

بِاسْمِكَ رَبِّي وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي، وَبِكَ أَرْفَعُهُ، فَإِنْ أَمْسَكْتَ نَفْسِي فَارْحَمْهَا، وَإِنْ أَرْسَلْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا بِمَا تَحْفَظُ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ

Biasmika rabbi wada'tu janbi, wabika arfa'uh, fa in amsakta nafsi farhamha, wa in arsaltaha fahfazha bima tahfazu bihi 'ibadakas-salihin

In Your name, my Lord, I lay down my side, and by You I raise it up. If You take my soul, have mercy on it; and if You release it, protect it with that by which You protect Your righteous servants.

Source Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3401 Ḥasan · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6320 (similar wording) Ṣaḥīḥ · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, The Book Pertaining to the Remembrance of Allah, Supplication, Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness — site no. 6724 (similar wording) Ṣaḥīḥ

Compiler cites al-Bukhārī 11/126; Muslim 4/2084

103

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ خَلَقْتَ نَفْسِي وَأَنْتَ تَوَفَّاهَا، لَكَ مَمَاتُهَا وَمَحْيَاهَا، إِنْ أَحْيَيْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا، وَإِنْ أَمَتَّهَا فَاغْفِرْ لَهَا، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ

Allahumma innaka khalaqta nafsi wa anta tawaffaha, laka mamatuha wamahyaha, in ahyaytaha fahfazha, wa in amattaha faghfir laha, Allahumma inni as'alukal-'afiyah

O Allah, You created my soul and You take it in death; its death and its life belong to You. If You keep it alive, protect it; and if You cause it to die, forgive it. O Allah, I ask You for well-being.

Source Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, The Book Pertaining to the Remembrance of Allah, Supplication, Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness — site no. 6720 (similar wording) Ṣaḥīḥ · Musnad Aḥmad 5502 (similar wording)

Compiler cites Muslim 4/2083; Aḥmad 2/79, whose wording this is

104 three times

When you lie down to sleep, place your right hand under your cheek and say:

اللَّهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ

Allahumma qini 'adhabaka yawma tab'athu 'ibadak

O Allah, protect me from Your punishment on the Day You resurrect Your servants.

Source Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5045 Ṣaḥīḥ · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3399 (similar wording) Ṣaḥīḥ

Compiler cites Abū Dāwūd 4/311, with his wording; see Ṣaḥīḥ at-Tirmidhī 3/143

105

بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا

Biasmika Allahumma amutu wa ahya

In Your name, O Allah, I die and I live.

Source Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6324 Ṣaḥīḥ

Compiler cites al-Bukhārī with Fatḥ al-Bārī 11/113; Muslim 4/2083

106

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ

Subhanallah, al-hamdu lillah, Allahu akbar

Glory be to Allah. Praise be to Allah. Allah is the Greatest.

Say “Glory be to Allah” thirty-three times, “Praise be to Allah” thirty-three times, and “Allah is the Greatest” thirty-four times.

Source Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5361 Ṣaḥīḥ · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3705 Ṣaḥīḥ · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, The Book Pertaining to the Remembrance of Allah, Supplication, Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness — site no. 6747 Ṣaḥīḥ

Compiler cites al-Bukhārī with Fatḥ al-Bārī 7/71; Muslim 4/2091

107

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَرَبَّ الْأَرْضِ، وَرَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، رَبَّنَا وَرَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، فَالِقَ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَى، وَمُنْزِلَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنْجِيلِ وَالْفُرْقَانِ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ أَنْتَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهِ، اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْأَوَّلُ فَلَيْسَ قَبْلَكَ شَيْءٌ، وَأَنْتَ الْآخِرُ فَلَيْسَ بَعْدَكَ شَيْءٌ، وَأَنْتَ الظَّاهِرُ فَلَيْسَ فَوْقَكَ شَيْءٌ، وَأَنْتَ الْبَاطِنُ فَلَيْسَ دُونَكَ شَيْءٌ، اقْضِ عَنَّا الدَّيْنَ وَأَغْنِنَا مِنَ الْفَقْرِ

Allahumma rabbas-samawatis-sab'i warabbal-ardi, warabbal-'arshil-'azim, rabbana warabba kulli shay', faliqal-habbi wan-nawa, wamunzilat-tawrati wal-injili wal-furqan, a'udhu bika min sharri kulli shay'in anta akhidhun binasiyatih, Allahumma antal-awwalu falaysa qablaka shay', wa antal-akhiru falaysa ba'daka shay', wa antaz-zahiru falaysa fawqaka shay', wa antal-batinu falaysa dunaka shay', iqdi 'annad-dayna wa aghnina minal-faqri

O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the earth, Lord of the Mighty Throne, our Lord and Lord of all things, Splitter of the grain and the date-stone, Revealer of the Torah, the Gospel and the Criterion, I seek refuge in You from the evil of everything whose forelock You hold. O Allah, You are the First, and there is nothing before You; You are the Last, and there is nothing after You; You are the Manifest, and there is nothing above You; You are the Hidden, and there is nothing beyond You. Settle our debt for us and free us from poverty.

Source Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, The Book Pertaining to the Remembrance of Allah, Supplication, Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness — site no. 6721 (similar wording) Ṣaḥīḥ · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5051 (similar wording) Ṣaḥīḥ

Compiler cites Muslim 4/2084

108

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنَا وَسَقَانَا، وَكَفَانَا، وَآوَانَا، فَكَمْ مِمَّنْ لَا كَافِيَ لَهُ وَلَا مُؤْوِيَ

Al-hamdu lillahil-ladhi at'amana wasaqana, wakafana, wa awana, fakam mimman la kafiya lahu wala mu'wiya

All praise is for Allah, who has fed us and given us drink, sufficed us and given us shelter; for how many there are who have no one to suffice them and no one to give them shelter.

Source Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, The Book Pertaining to the Remembrance of Allah, Supplication, Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness — site no. 6726 Ṣaḥīḥ · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5053 Ṣaḥīḥ · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3396 (similar wording) Ṣaḥīḥ

Compiler cites Muslim 4/2085

109

اللَّهُمَّ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ، رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي، وَمِنْ شَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ، وَأَنْ أَقْتَرِفَ عَلَى نَفْسِي سُوءًا أَوْ أَجُرَّهُ إِلَى مُسْلِمٍ

Allahumma 'alimal-ghaybi wash-shahadati fatiras-samawati wal-ardi, rabba kulli shay'in wamalikah, ashhadu an la ilaha illa anta, a'udhu bika min sharri nafsi, wamin sharrish-shaytani washirkih, wa an aqtarifa 'ala nafsi su'an aw ajurrahu ila muslim

O Allah, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Lord and Sovereign of all things, I bear witness that there is no deity except You. I seek refuge in You from the evil of my own self, from the evil of Satan and his call to associate partners with You, and from committing wrong against myself or bringing it upon a Muslim.

Source Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5067 (similar wording) Ṣaḥīḥ · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3392 (similar wording) Ṣaḥīḥ · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3529 (similar wording) Ṣaḥīḥ

Compiler cites Abū Dāwūd 4/317; see Ṣaḥīḥ at-Tirmidhī 3/142

110

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ لاَ يَنَامُ حَتَّى يَقْرَأَ ‏:‏ ‏(‏الم * تَنْزِيلُ ‏)‏ وَ ‏(‏ تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ ‏)‏

Annan-nabiyya sallallahu 'alayhi wasallama kana la yanamu hatta yaqra': (al-m * tanzil ) wa ( tabarakal-ladhi biyadihil-mulku )

The Prophet ﷺ would not sleep until he had recited “Alif Lām Mīm. Tanzīl” (Sūrat as-Sajdah) and “Tabārak alladhī bi-yadihi al-mulk” (Sūrat al-Mulk).

Source Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2892 Ḍaʿīf

Compiler cites at-Tirmidhī; an-Nasāʾī; see Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ 4/255

111

When you go to bed, perform wuḍūʾ as for prayer, lie down on your right side, and say:

اللَّهُمَّ أَسْلَمْتُ نَفْسِي إِلَيْكَ، وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ، وَوَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ، وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ، رَغْبَةً وَرَهْبَةً إِلَيْكَ، لَا مَلْجَأَ وَلَا مَنْجَا مِنْكَ إِلَّا إِلَيْكَ، آمَنْتُ بِكِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ، وَبِنَبِيِّكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ

Allahumma aslamtu nafsi ilayka, wafawwadtu amri ilayka, wawajjahtu wajhi ilayka, wa alja'tu zahri ilayka, raghbatan warahbatan ilayka, la malja'a wala manja minka illa ilayka, amantu bikitabikal-ladhi anzalta, wabinabiyyikal-ladhi arsalta

O Allah, I have submitted myself to You, entrusted my affairs to You, turned my face to You, and committed my back to You, in hope of You and in awe of You. There is no refuge and no escape from You except to You. I believe in Your Book which You sent down, and in Your Prophet whom You sent.

If you die that night, you die upon the fiṭrah.

Source Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6313 Ṣaḥīḥ · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 247 (similar wording) Ṣaḥīḥ

Compiler cites al-Bukhārī with Fatḥ al-Bārī 11/113; Muslim 4/2081