Abdullah said:โWhen he reached the evening, the Prophet (๏ทบ) used to say, โWe have reached the evening, and the Dominion has reached the evening, while belonging to Allah. And all praise belongs to Allah. None has the right to be worshiped but Allah, alone, without partner. (Amsaina wa amsal-mulku lillฤh, wal-แธฅamdullilฤh, wa lฤ ilฤha illallฤh, waแธฅdahu lฤ sharฤซka lahu)โ โ I think he said [in it]: - โTo Him belongs the Dominion, and to Him is the praise, and He is capable of all things. I ask You for the good that is in this night, and the good of what is after it, and I seek refuge in You from the evil of this night, and the evil of what is after it, and I seek refuge in You from laziness and helpless old age. And I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the Fire and the punishment of the grave (Lahul-mulku wa lahul-แธฅamdu, wa huwa `alฤ kulli shai'in qadฤซr. Asa'luka khaira mฤ fฤซ hฤdhihil-lailah, wa khaira mฤ ba`dahฤ, wa a`ลซdhu bika min sharri hฤdhihil-lailati wa sharri mฤ ba`dahฤ, wa a`ลซdhu bika minal-kasali wa sลซ'il-kibar, wa a`ลซdhu bika min `adhฤbin-nฤri wa `adhฤbil-qabr).โ And when he reached the morning, he (๏ทบ) used to say, โWe have reached the morning, and the Dominion has reached the morning, while belonging to Allah. And all praise belongs to Allah (Aแนฃbaแธฅnฤ wa aแนฃbaแธฅal-mulku lillฤh, wal-แธฅamdulillฤh).โโ
Abu Hurairah (ra) said:The Messenger of Allah (๏ทบ) used to teach his Companions, saying: โWhen one of you reached the morning, then let him say: โO Allah, by You we enter the morning, and by You we enter the evening, and be You we live, and by You we died, and to You is the Return (Allฤhumma bika aแนฃbaแธฅnฤ wa bika amsainฤ wa bika naแธฅyฤ wa bika namลซtu wa ilaikal-maแนฃฤซr). And when he reaches the evening let him say: โO Allah, by You we enter the evening, and by You we enter the morning, and by You we live, and by You we die, and to You is the Resurrection (Allฤhumma bika amsainฤ wa bika aแนฃbaแธฅnฤ wa bika naแธฅyฤ wa bika namลซtu wa ilaikan-nushลซr).โโ
Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, said:โAbu Bakr said: โO Messenger of Allah, command me with something that I may say when I reach morning and evening.โ He said: โSay: โO Allah Knower of the Unseen and the Seen, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Lord of everything and its Possessor, I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except You, I seek refuge from You from the evil of my soul and from the evil of Shaitan and his Shirk (Allฤhumma `ฤlimal-ghaibi wash-shahฤdati fฤแนญiras-samฤwฤti wal-arแธ, rabba kulli shaiโin wa malฤซkahu, ash-hadu an lฤ ilฤha illฤ anta, a`ลซdhu bika min sharri nafsฤซ wa min sharrish-shaiแนญฤni washirkihi).โโ He said: โSay it when you reach morning, and evening, and when you go to bed.โโ
Shaddad bin Aws narrated that:The Prophet (๏ทบ) said to him: โShould I not direct you to the chief of supplications for forgiveness? โO Allah, You are my Lord, there is none worthy of worship except You, You created me and I am Your slave. I am adhering to Your covenant and Your promise as much as I am able to, I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I admit to You your blessings upon me, and I admit to my sins. So forgive me, for there is none who can forgive sins except You (Allฤhumma anta rabbฤซ lฤ ilฤha illฤ anta, khalaqtanฤซ wa ana `abduka, wa ana `alฤ `ahdika wa wa`dika ma-staแนญa`tu. A`ลซdhu bika min sharri ma แนฃana`tu, wa abลซ'u ilayka bini`matika `alayya wa a`tarifu bidhunลซbฤซ faghfirlฤซ dhunลซbฤซ innahu lฤ yaghfirudh-dhunลซba illฤ ant).โ None of you says it when he reaches the evening, and a decree comes upon him before he reaches morning, except that Paradise becomes obligatory upon him. And none says it when he reaches the morning, and a decree comes upon him before he reaches evening, except that Paradise becomes obligatory for him.โ
Al-Bara' bin `Azib narrated that:The Prophet (๏ทบ) said to him: โShould I not teach you some words to say when you go to your bed, so if you died, you will die upon the Fitrah, and if you reach the morning, you will reach it in good? You say: โO Allah, verily, I submit myself to You, and I turn my face to You, and I entrust my affair to You, hoping in You and fearing in You. And I lay myself down depending upon You, there is no refuge [nor escape] from You except to You. I believe in Your Book which You have revealed, and in Your Prophet whom You have sent (Allฤhumma innฤซ aslamtu nafsฤซ ilaika wa wajjahtu wajhฤซ ilaika, wa fawwaแธtu amrฤซ ilaika, raghbatan wa rahbatan ilaika wa alja'tu แบahrฤซ ilaika, lฤ malja'a [wa lฤ manjฤ] minka illฤ ilaik. ฤmantu bikitฤbikal-ladhฤซ anzalta wa binabiyyikal-ladhฤซ arsalt).โโ Al-Bara' said: โSo I said: โAnd in Your Messenger whom you have sent.โโ He said: โSo he (๏ทบ) struck his hand upon my chest, then said: โAnd in Your Prophet whom You have sent. (Wa binabiyyikal-ladhฤซ arsalt).โ
Rafi` bin Khadij narrated that:The Prophet said: โWhen one of you lies down on his right side, then says: โO Allah, I have submitted myself to You, and I have turned my face to You, and I lay myself down relying upon You, and I have entrusted my affair to You, there is no refuge [nor escape] from You except to You. I believe in Your Book and Your Messengers (Allฤhumma innฤซ aslamtu nafsฤซ ilaika wa wajjahtu wajhฤซ ilaika, wa aljaโtu แบahrฤซ ilaika, wa fawwaแธtu amrฤซ ilaika, lฤ malja'a [wa lฤ manjฤ] minka illฤ ilaik, ลซminu bikitฤbika wa birusulika)โ โ then if he dies that night, he shall enter Paradise.โ
Anas bin Malik (ra) narrated that :when he went to his bed, the Messenger of Allah (๏ทบ) used to say: โAll praise is due to Allah, who has fed us and given us to drink, and has sufficed and granted us refuge, and how many are they who have none to suffice them and none to grant them refuge (Al-แธฅamdulillฤhi alladhi aแนญ`amanฤ wa saqฤnฤ wa kafฤnฤ wa ฤwฤnฤ, wakam mimman lฤ kฤfiya lahu wa lฤ mu'wiy).โ
Abu Sa`eed (ra) narrated that :the Prophet (๏ทบ) said: โWhoever says, when he goes to his bed: โI seek forgiveness from Allah, [the Magnificent] the One whom there is none worthy of worship except for Him, the Living, the Sustainer, and I repent to Him (Astaghfirullฤha [al-`Aแบim] alladhi lฤ ilฤha illฤ huw, al-แธคayyul-Qayyลซm, wa atลซbu ilaihi)โ three times, Allah shall forgive him his sins if they were like the foam of the sea, even if they were the number of leaves of the trees, even if they were the number of sand particles of `Alij, even if they were the number of the days of the world.โ
Hudhaifah bin Al-Yaman (ra) narrated that:When the Prophet (๏ทบ) would sleep, he would put his hand under his head then say: โO Allah, safeguard me from Your Punishment the Day You gather [Your slaves] (Allฤhumma qinฤซ `adhฤbaka yawma tajma`u [`ibฤdak])โ or โyou resurrect your slaves (tab`athu `ibฤdak).โ
Al-Bara' bin `Azib (ra) narrated that:The Messenger of Allah (๏ทบ) used to lay his head upon his right hand when going to sleep, then say: โMy Lord, safeguard me from Your punishment the Day You resurrect Your slaves (Rabbi qinฤซ `adhฤbaka yawma tab`athu `ibฤdak).โ
Abu Hurairah (ra) said:โThe Messenger of Allah (๏ทบ) used to order that when one of us went to sleep, he should say: โO Allah, Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earths, and our Lord, and the Lord of everything, splitter of the seed-grain and date-stone, and Revealer of the Tawrah and the Injil and the Qurโan. I seek refuge in You from the evil of every evil that You are holding by the forelock. You are the First, there is nothing before You, You are the Last, there is nothing after You, and Az-Zahir, there is nothing above you, and Al-Batin, there is nothing below You. Relieve me of my debt, and enrich me from poverty (Allฤhumma rabbas-samฤwati wa rabbal-arแธฤซna wa rabbanฤ, wa rabba kulli shaiโin, fฤliqal-แธฅabbi wan-nawฤ, wa munzilat-Tawrฤti wal-Injฤซli wal-Qurโฤn. A`ลซdhu bika sharri kulli dhi sharrin anta ฤkhidhun binฤแนฃiyatihi, antal-Awwalu falaisa qablaka shaiโun, wa antal-ฤkhiru falaisa ba`daka shaiโun, waแบ-แบฤhiru falaisa fauqaka shai'un wal-Bฤtinu falaisa dลซnaka shaiโun, iqแธi `annid-daina wa aghninฤซ minal-faqr).โโ
Abu Hurairah (ra) narrated that :the Messenger of Allah (๏ทบ) said: โWhen one of you leaves his bed then returns to it, then let him brush it off with the edge of his Izar three times, for indeed, he does not know what succeeded him upon it after him. When he lies down, let him say: โIn Your Name, my Lord, I lay my side down, and in Your Name I raise it. And if You take my soul, then have mercy upon it, and if You release it, then protect it with that which You protect Your righteous worshipers (Bismika rabbฤซ waแธa`tu janbฤซ wa bika arfa`uhu, faโin amsakta nafsฤซ farแธฅamhฤ wa in arsaltahฤ faแธฅfaแบhฤ bimฤ taแธฅfaแบu bihฤซ `ibฤdakaแนฃ-แนฃฤliแธฅฤซn)โ And when he awakens, let him say: All praise is due to Allah, Who healed me in my body, and returned to me my soul, and permitted me to remember Him (Al-แธฅamdulillฤh alladhฤซ `ฤfฤnฤซ fฤซ jasadฤซ wa radda `alayya rลซแธฅฤซ wa adhina lฤซ bidhikrih).โโ
Aishah narrated that:Every night, when the Prophet (๏ทบ) would go to his bed, he would join his hands, then blow in them, as he recited in them: โSay: He is Allah, the One.โ And โSay: I seek refuge in the Lord of Al-Falaqโ and โSay: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind.โ Then he would wipe as much as he was able to of his body with them, beginning with them first of his head and face, and the front of his body. He would do this three times
Farwah bin Nawfal (ra) narrated that:He came to the Prophet (๏ทบ) and said: โO Messenger of Allah, teach me something that I may say when I go to my bed.โ So he said: โRecite: Say: โO you disbelieversโ for verily it is a disavowal of Shirk.โ Shu`bah said: โSometimes he would say: โOne timeโ and sometime he would not say it.โ (Another chain) from Farwah bin Nawfal, from his father: "That he came to the Prophet (๏ทบ)" then he mentioned similar in meaning. And this is more correct. [Abu `Eisa said:] And Zubair reported this hadith from Ishaq, from Farwah bin Nawfal, from his father from the Prophet (๏ทบ), with similar wording. This is more appropriate and more correct than the narration of Shu`bah. The companions of Abu Ishaq were confused in the narration of this hadith. This hadith has been reported through routes other than this. `Abdur-Rahman is the brother of Farwah bin Nawfal
A'isha (ra) said:โThe Prophet (๏ทบ) would not sleep until he recited Az-Zumar and Banu Israโil.โ Muhammad bin Ismail informed me: โThis Abu Lubabahโs (a narrator in the chain) name is Marwan, the freed slave of Abdur-Rahman bin Ziyad. He heard from Aisha, and Hammad bin Zaid heard from him.โ
Ar-Irbad bin Sariyah (ra) narrated that:The Prophet (๏ทบ) would not sleep until he had recited Al-Musabbihat, and he would say: โIn them is an Ayah that is better than a thousand Ayah.โ
A man from Banu Hanzalah said:โI accompanied Shaddad bin Aws [may Allah be pleased with him] on a journey, so he said: โShould I not teach you what the Messenger of Allah used to teach us? That you say: โO Allah, I ask You for steadfastness in the affair and I ask You for determination upon guidance, and I ask You to make me grateful for Your favor, and excellence in worshiping You, and I ask You for a truthful tongue and a sound heart, and I seek refuge in You from the evil of what You know, and I ask You for the good of what You know, and I seek Your forgiveness for that which You know. Verily, You are the Knower of all that is hidden (Allฤhumma innฤซ asโalukath-thabฤta fil-amri, wa asโaluka `azฤซmatar-rushdi, wa asโaluka shukra ni`matika, wa แธฅusna `ibฤdatika, wa asโaluka lisฤnan แนฃฤdiqan wa qalban salฤซman, wa a`ลซdhu bika min sharri mฤ ta`lamu, wa asโaluka min khairi mฤ ta`lamu, wa astaghfiruka mimmฤ ta`lamu innaka anta `allฤmul-ghuyลซb).โโ He said: โThe Messenger of Allah (๏ทบ) said: โThere is no Muslim who lays down to sleep while reciting a Surat from Allahโs Book, except that Allah entrusts an angel, so that nothing approaches him to harm him until he awakens, whenever he awakens.โ
Ali [may Allah be pleased with him] said:โFatimah complained to me about her hands blistering from grinding flour. So I said: โIf you were to approach your father and ask him for a servant?โ So he (the Prophet) said: โShould I not direct the two of you, to that which is better for you than a servant? When the two of you lay down to sleep, say thirty-three, thirty-three, thirty-four, of At-Taแธฅmฤซd, At-Tasbฤซแธฅ, and At-Takbฤซr.โ
Ali [may Allah be pleased with him] said:โFatimah went to the Prophet complaining of her hands blistering, so he ordered her to say At-Tasbฤซแธฅ, At-Takbฤซr, and At-Taแธฅmฤซd.โ
