Authentic Supplications Before Sleeping in Light of Sahih Hadiths

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Written by: Qari Usama bin Abdus Salam (may Allah preserve him)

Question: Please tell me the supplications for sleeping. May Allah reward you with good in this world and the Hereafter.
Answer
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Supplications for going to sleep

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⇚ He should join both his palms together
⇚ Then recite Surah al-Ikhlas, Surah al-Falaq and Surah an-Nas, and blow onto them

⇚ Then he should pass them over the whole body, starting from the head, face and the front of the body

⇚ He should do this three times.
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Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari:5017

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﴿قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ۝ اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ ۝ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ ۝ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ ۝ ﴾

🌑Translation:*
Say: He is Allah, the One. Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, nor is there to Him any equivalent.

﴿قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ ۝ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ ۝ وَمِنْ شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ ۝ وَمِنْ شَرِّ النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ ۝ وَمِنْ شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ ۝ ﴾

🌑Translation:*

Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of the daybreak, from the evil of what He has created, from the evil of darkness when it settles, from the evil of those who blow on knots, and from the evil of the envier when he envies.

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Reference: Surah al-Falaq

﴿قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ ۝ مَلِكِ النَّاسِ ۝ إِلَهِ النَّاسِ ۝ مِنْ شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِ ۝ الَّذِي يُوَسْوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ النَّاسِ ۝ مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ ۝ ﴾

🌑Translation:*

Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of mankind, the King of mankind, the God of mankind, from the evil of the whispering sneaking one, who whispers into the hearts of mankind, from among the jinn and mankind.

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Reference: Surah an-Nas

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Whoever recites Ayat al-Kursi when he goes to sleep, a guardian from Allah is appointed over him, and Satan cannot come near him until morning.

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Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari:2311, 5010

📜 Ayat al-Kursi 1⃣ time

﴿اللّٰهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا شَاءَ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَلَا يَئُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيم﴾

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Reference: al-Baqarah:255

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🌑Abu Mas’ud al-Badri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever recites the last two verses of Surah al-Baqarah at night, they will suffice him.”*

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Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari:5009, Sahih Muslim:807

﴿اٰمَنَ الرَّسُوۡلُ بِمَاۤ اُنۡزِلَ اِلَيۡهِ مِنۡ رَّبِّهٖ وَ الۡمُؤۡمِنُوۡنَ‌ؕ كُلٌّ اٰمَنَ بِاللّٰهِ وَمَلٰٓئِكَتِهٖ وَكُتُبِهٖ وَرُسُلِهٖ ۚ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيۡنَ اَحَدٍ مِّنۡ رُّسُلِهٖ‌ ۚ وَقَالُوۡا سَمِعۡنَا وَاَطَعۡنَا‌ ۖ غُفۡرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَاِلَيۡكَ الۡمَصِيۡرُ ۝ ﴾

﴿لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللّٰهُ نَفۡسًا اِلَّا وُسۡعَهَا ‌ؕ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتۡ وَعَلَيۡهَا مَا اكۡتَسَبَتۡ‌ؕ رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذۡنَاۤ اِنۡ نَّسِيۡنَاۤ اَوۡ اَخۡطَاۡنَا ‌ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحۡمِلۡ عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِصۡرًا كَمَا حَمَلۡتَهٗ عَلَى الَّذِيۡنَ مِنۡ قَبۡلِنَا ‌‌ۚرَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلۡنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهٖ‌ ۚ وَاعۡفُ عَنَّا وَاغۡفِرۡ لَنَا وَارۡحَمۡنَا ۚ اَنۡتَ مَوۡلٰٮنَا فَانۡصُرۡنَا عَلَى الۡقَوۡمِ الۡكٰفِرِيۡنَ ۝ ﴾

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Reference: al-Baqarah 285-286

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🌑The Prophet ﷺ said:*

“When one of you gets up from his bed and then comes back to it, let him shake out his bed three times with the edge of his sheet, then say Bismillah, lest some harmful creature has come and settled on it. And when he lies down, let him say this supplication.” ⬇

بِاسْمِكَ رَبِّىْ وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي وَبِكَ أَرْفَعُهُ، إِنْ أَمْسَكْتَ نَفْسِي فَارْحَمْهَا، وَإِنْ أَرْسَلْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا بِمَا تَحْفَظُ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ

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Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari:6320

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اللهُمَّ اِنَّكَ خَلَقْتَ نَفْسِي وَأَنْتَ تَوَفَّاهَا، لَكَ مَمَاتُهَا وَمَحْيَاهَا، إِنْ أَحْيَيْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا، وَإِنْ أَمَتَّهَا فَاغْفِرْ لَهَا، اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ

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Reference: Sahih Muslim:2712, Musnad Ahmad:5502

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When the Prophet ﷺ intended to sleep, he would place his right palm under his cheek and then say these words. ⬇{three times}

اللَّهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ، عِبَادَكَ

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Reference: Its chain is hasan, Sunan Abi Dawud:5045, Musnad Ahmad:26465

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بِاسْمِكَ اللهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا

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Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari:6312, 6324

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Whoever recites these words while lying on his bed, they are better for him than a servant.

33 times.
⋆ سُبْحَانَ الله
Allah is free from all imperfection.

33 times
⋆ اَلْحَمْدُ الله
All praise is for Allah.

34 times
⋆ اَللهُ اَكْبَرُ
Allah is the Greatest.

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Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari:3705, 6318, Sahih Muslim:2727

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الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنَا وَسَقَانَا، وَكَفَانَا وَآوَانَا، فَكَمْ مِمَّنْ لَا كَافِيَ لَهُ وَلَا مُؤْوِي

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Reference: Sahih Muslim:2715

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The Prophet ﷺ said:
“If someone dies after reciting these words, he will die upon the fitrah.”

اللَّهُمَّ أَسْلَمْتُ نَفْسِي إِلَيْكَ، وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ، وَوَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ، وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ، رَغْبَةً وَرَهْبَةً إِلَيْكَ، لاَ مَلْجَا وَلاَ مَنْجَا مِنْكَ إِلَّا إِلَيْكَ، آمَنْتُ بِكِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ، وَبِنَبِيِّكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ

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Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari:6313

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