Supplication
Sunan Ibn Mājah 3874
إِذَا أَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَضْطَجِعَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ فَلْيَنْزِعْ دَاخِلَةَ إِزَارِهِ ثُمَّ لْيَنْفُضْ بِهَا فِرَاشَهُ فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَدْرِي مَا خَلَفَهُ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ لْيَضْطَجِعْ عَلَى شِقِّهِ الأَيْمَنِ ثُمَّ لْيَقُلْ رَبِّ بِكَ وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي وَبِكَ أَرْفَعُهُ فَإِنْ أَمْسَكْتَ نَفْسِي فَارْحَمْهَا وَإِنْ أَرْسَلْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا بِمَا حَفِظْتَ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ
idhā arāda aḥadukum an yaḍṭajiʿa ʿalā firāshihi falyanziʿ dākhilaha izārihi thumma lyanfuḍ bihā firāshah fa-innah lā yadrī mā khalafah ʿalayhi thumma lyaḍṭajiʿ ʿalā shiqqihi al-aymani thumma lyaqul rabbi bika waḍaʿtu janbī wabika arfaʿuhu fa-in amsakta nafsī fārḥamhā wa-in arsaltahā fāḥfaẓhā bimā ḥafiẓta bihi ʿibādaka aṣ-ṣāliḥīna
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that:the Messenger of Allah (saas) said: "When anyone of you wants to go to bed, let him undo the edge of his Izar (waist wrap) and dust of his bed with it, for he does not know what came to it after him. Then let him lie down on his right side and say: 'Rabbi bika wada'tu janbi wa bika arfa'uhu, fa in amsakta nafsi farhamha, wa in arsaltaha fahfazha bima hafizta bihi 'ibadikaas-salihin (O Lord, by Your leave I lie down and by Your leave I rise, so if You should take my soul then have mercy on it, and if You should return my soul then protect it as You protect Your righteous slaves)
Source
Sunan Ibn Mājah · 3874
- Sahih
- Sahih
- Sahih
- Sahih Bukhari