Sunan Ibn Majah

Hadith 3874

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What One Should Say When Going To Bed

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Darussalam · Volume 5

34. The Chapters On Supplication

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الحديث: 3874 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 1275

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3874. It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "When anyone of you wants to go to bed, let him undo the edge of his Izâr (waist wrap) and dust off 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 farhamhâ, wa in arsaltahâ fahfazhâ bimâ hafizta bihi 'ibâdikaas-sâlihîn (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)." (Sahih)

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3874 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " إِذَا أَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَضْطَجِعَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ فَلْيَنْزِعْ دَاخِلَةَ إِزَارِهِ، ثُمَّ لِيَنْفُضْ بِهَا فِرَاشَهُ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي مَا خَلَفَهُ عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ لِيَضْطَجِعْ عَلَى شِقِّهِ الْأَيْمَنِ، ثُمَّ لِيَقُلْ: رَبِّ بِكَ وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي، وَبِكَ أَرْفَعُهُ، فَإِنْ أَمْسَكْتَ نَفْسِي فَارْحَمْهَا، وَإِنْ أَرْسَلْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا بِمَا حَفِظْتَ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ "

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a. Before laying on one's bed, the bed should be cleaned to be sure it is free from harmful creatures like scorpions, ants, etc. b. Whenever a person sleeps, he should think that it might be his last sleep. So, one should sleep according to the Sunnah, after asking forgiveness of Allâh and His remembrance.