Sleep & the night

Invocations

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6320

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

bāsmika rabbi waḍaʿtu janbī, wabika arfaʿuhu, in amsakta nafsī fārḥamhā, wa-in arsaltahā fāḥfaẓhā bimā taḥfaẓu bihi ʿibādaka aṣ-ṣāliḥīna

Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks

The full narration

Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When anyone of you go to bed, he should shake out his bed with the inside of his waist sheet, for he does not know what has come on to it after him, and then he should say: 'Bismika Rabbi Wada`tu Janbi wa bika arfa'uhu, In amsakta nafsi farhamha wa in arsaltaha fahfazha bima tahfazu bihi ibadakas-salihin

Source

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī · 6320

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