Sleep & the night

Supplication

Sunan Ibn Mājah 3876

اللَّهُمَّ أَسْلَمْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ رَغْبَةً وَرَهْبَةً إِلَيْكَ لاَ مَلْجَأَ وَلاَ مَنْجَى مِنْكَ إِلاَّ إِلَيْكَ آمَنْتُ بِكِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ وَنَبِيِّكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ فَإِنْ مِتَّ مِنْ لَيْلَتِكَ مِتَّ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ وَإِنْ أَصْبَحْتَ أَصْبَحْتَ وَقَدْ أَصَبْتَ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا

Allāhumma aslamtu wajhī ilayka wa-aljaʾtu ẓahrī ilayka wafawwaḍtu amrī ilayka raghbatan warahbatan ilayka lā maljaʾa walā manjā minka illā ilayka āmantu bikitābika adh-dhī anzalta wanabiyyika adh-dhī arsalta fa-in mitta min laylatika mitta ʿalā al-fiṭrah wa-in aṣbaḥta aṣbaḥta waqad aṣabta khayran kathīran

Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks

The full narration

It was narrated from Bara' bin 'Azib that :the Prophet (saas) said to a man: "When you go to lay down, or go to your bed, say: Allahumma aslamtu wajhi ilayka, wa al-ja'tu zahri ilayka, wa fawwadtu amri ilayka, raghbatan wa rahbatan ilayka, la malja'a wa la manja'a minka illa ilayka, amantu bi kitabikal-ladhi anzalta, wa nabiyyikal arsalta [O Allah, I have submitted my face (i.e., myself) to You, and I am under Your command (i.e., I depend upon You in all my affairs), and I put my trust in You, hoping for Your reward and fearing Your punishment. There is no fleeing from You and no refuge from You except with You. I believe in Your Book that You have revealed and in Your Prophet whom You have sent).' Then if you die that night, you will die in a state of the Fitrah (nature), and if you wake in the morning you will wake with a great deal of good

Source

Sunan Ibn Mājah · 3876

Ṣaḥīḥ
  • Al-Albani: Sahih
  • Muhammad Fouad Abd al-Baqi: Sahih
  • Shuaib Al Arnaut: Sahih
  • Zubair Ali Zai: Sahih
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