Sunan Abi Dawud · (Abwab Un Noam )
باب مَا يُقَالُ عِنْدَ النَّوْمِ
Chapter: What to say when going to sleep.
15 hadith · references 5045–5059
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Abu Dawud · 5045أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْقُدَ ، وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى تَحْتَ خَدِّهِ ، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ : اللَّهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍNarrated Hafsah, Ummul Muminin: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted to go to sleep, he put his right hand under his cheek and would then say three times: O Allah, guard me from Thy punishment on the day when Thou raises6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5046إِذَا أَتَيْتَ مَضْجَعَكَ ، فَتَوَضَّأْ وُضُوءَكَ لِلصَّلَاةِ ، ثُمَّ اضْطَجِعْ عَلَى شِقِّكَ الْأَيْمَنِ ، وَقُلْ : اللَّهُمَّ أَسْلَمْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ ، وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ ، وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ ،Al-Bara bin Azib said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: When you go to your bed, perform ablution like the ablution for prayer, and then lie on your right side and say: O Allah I have handed over my face to thee, ent5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5047حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، عَنْ فِطْرِ بْنِ خَلِيفَةَ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ سَعْدَ بْنَ عُبَيْدَةَ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ ، قَالَ : قال لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيAl-Bara bin Azib said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: when you go to bed while you are in the state of purification, lay your head on your right hand. He then mentioned the rest of the tradition in a similar manner5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5048حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ الْغَزَّالُ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ , وَمَنْصُورٍ ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ ، عَنْ الْبَرَاءِ ، عَنِ النّThe tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by al-Bara bin Azil from the prophet ﷺ to the same effect through a different chain of narrators. One transmitter said: when you go to your bed while you are in the7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5049كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا نَامَ ، قَالَ : اللَّهُمَّ بِاسْمِكَ أَحْيَا وَأَمُوتُ ، وَإِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ ، قَالَ : الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا ، وَإِلَيْهِ النّHudhaifah said: when the prophet ﷺ lay down on his bed (at night), he would say: O Allah! In Thy name I die and live. When he awoke, he said: praise be to Allah who has given us life after causing us to die and to whom w6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5050إِذَا أَوَى أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ ، فَلْيَنْفُضْ فِرَاشَهُ بِدَاخِلَةِ إِزَارِهِ ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي مَا خَلَفَهُ عَلَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ لِيَضْطَجِعْ عَلَى شِقِّهِ الْأَيْمَنِ ، ثُمَّ لِيَقُلْ : بِاسْمِكَ رَبِّي وَضَعAbu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: when any of you goes to his bed, he should dust his bedding with the inner extremity of his lower garment, for he does not know what has come on it since he left 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5051إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ : اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَوَاتِ وَرَبَّ الْأَرْضِ وَرَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ ، فَالِقَ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَى ، مُنَزِّلَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنْجِيلِ وَالْقُرْآنِ ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ ذِي شَAbu Hurairah said: when the prophet ﷺ went to his bed, he used to say: O Allah! Lord of the heavens, Lord of the earth, Lord of everything, who splittest the grain and the kernel, who hast sent down the Torah, forelock T7 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 5052أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ عِنْدَ مَضْجَعِهِ : اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ وَكَلِمَاتِكَ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَنْتَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهِ ، اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ تَكْشِفُ الْمَغْرَمَ وَالْمَأْثَمَ ، اللَّNarrated Ali ibn Abu Talib: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say when he lay down: O Allah, I seek refuge in Thy noble Person and in Thy perfect Words from the evil of what Thou seizest by its forelock; O Allah! Thou rem6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5053إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ ، قَالَ : الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنَا وَسَقَانَا وَكَفَانَا وَآوَانَا ، فَكَمْ مِمَّنْ لَا كَافِيَ لَهُ وَلَا مُؤْوِيَAnas said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went to his bed, he would say: Praise be to Allah who has fed us, given us drink, satisfied us and given us refuge. Many there are who have no one to provide sufficiency for them,5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5054إِذَا أَخَذَ مَضْجَعَهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ، قَالَ : بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي ، اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذَنْبِي وَأَخْسِئْ شَيْطَانِي وَفُكَّ رِهَانِي وَاجْعَلْنِي فِي النَّدِيِّ الْأَعْلَىNarrated Abul Azhar al-Anmari: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went to his bed at night, he would say: in the name of Allah, I have laid down my side for Allah. O Allah! forgive me my sin, drive away my devil, free me from6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5055اقْرَأْ : قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ ، ثُمَّ نَمْ عَلَى خَاتِمَتِهَا ، فَإِنَّهَا بَرَاءَةٌ مِنَ الشِّرْكِFarwah bin Nawfal quoted his father as saying that the Prophet ﷺ said to Nawfal (his father): Say, O infidels! and then sleep at its end, for it is a declaration of freedom from polytheism.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5056أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ جَمَعَ كَفَّيْهِ ، ثُمَّ نَفَثَ فِيهِمَا ، وَقَرَأَ فِيهِمَا قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ، وَ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقAishah said: Every night when he prophet ﷺ went to his bed, he joined his hands and breathed into them, reciting into them: ”say: he is Allah, One” and say ; I seek refuge in the Lord of the dawn and Say: I seek refuge i7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5057أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ : الْمُسَبِّحَاتِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَرْقُدَ ، وَقَالَ : إِنَّ فِيهِنَّ آيَةً أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَلْفِ آيَةٍNarrated Irbad ibn Sariyah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite al-Musabbihat before going to sleep, and say: They contain a verse which is better than a thousand verses.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5058إِذَا أَخَذَ مَضْجَعَهُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي كَفَانِي وَآوَانِي وَأَطْعَمَنِي وَسَقَانِي ، وَالَّذِي مَنَّ عَلَيَّ فَأَفْضَلَ ، وَالَّذِي أَعْطَانِي فَأَجْزَلَ ، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ ، اللَّهُمَّ رَبّNarrated Abdullah ibn Umar: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went to his bed, he would say: Praise be to Allah Who has given me sufficiency, has guarded me, given me food and drink, been most gracious to me, and given to me6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5059مَنِ اضْطَجَعَ مَضْجَعًا لَمْ يَذْكُرِ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى فِيهِ إِلَّا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ تِرَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ، وَمَنْ قَعَدَ مَقْعَدًا لَمْ يَذْكُرِ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِيهِ إِلَّا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ تِرَةً يَوْمَ الْقِNarrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone lies on his side where he does not remember Allah, deprivation will descend on him on the Day of Resurrection; and if anyone sits in a place where he does not remember5 narrators