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English translation
3398. Hudhaifah bin Al-Yamān[may Allāh be pleased with him]
narrated that when the Prophet ﷺ would sleep, he would put his hand under his head then say: "O Allāh, safeguard me from Your Punishment the Day You gather [Your slaves] (Allāhumma Qini 'Adhābaka Yawma Tajma'u [ʿIbādak])" or[1] "You resurrect Your slaves (Tab'athu 'Ibādak)."(Ṣāḥih)
[Abū ʿEisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣāḥih.
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Footnotes
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[1] Meaning a place where sand mounds into dunes, and it is also said that is one of the places that is called that. See Lisān Al-'Arab.
Commentary
When a person goes to sleep, his relation with this world is suspended and he goes in the hands of the death. That is why the Prophet ﷺ, before going to sleep, would remember death and the Day of Judgment.