الادب المفرد
Al-Adab al-Mufrad
كتابBook of Bedtime Supplications
بَابُ فَضْلِ الدُّعَاءِ عِنْدَ النَّوْمِChapter: Virtue of supplication at bedtime
Hadith 1214
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ الصَّوَّافِ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: إِذَا دَخَلَ الرَّجُلُ بَيْتَهُ أَوْ أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ ابْتَدَرَهُ مَلَكٌ وَشَيْطَانٌ، فَقَالَ الْمَلَكُ: اخْتِمْ بِخَيْرٍ، وَقَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ: اخْتِمْ بِشَرٍّ، فَإِنْ حَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَذَكَرَهُ أَطْرَدَهُ، وَبَاتَ يَكْلَؤُهُ، فَإِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ ابْتَدَرَهُ مَلَكٌ وَشَيْطَانٌ فَقَالاَ مِثْلَهُ، فَإِنْ ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ وَقَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي رَدَّ إِلَيَّ نَفْسِي بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَلَمْ يُمِتْهَا فِي مَنَامِهَا، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي ﴿يُمْسِكُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ أَنْ تَزُولاَ، وَلَئِنْ زَالَتَا إِنْ أَمْسَكَهُمَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ حَلِيمًا غَفُورًا﴾ ، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي ﴿يُمْسِكُ السَّمَاءَ أَنْ تَقَعَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِهِ﴾ إِلَى ﴿لَرَءُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ﴾ [الحج: 65]، فَإِنْ مَاتَ مَاتَ شَهِيدًا، وَإِنْ قَامَ فَصَلَّى صَلَّى فِي فَضَائِلَ.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: When a man enters his house or goes to his bed, an angel and a devil hasten towards him. The angel says: End your work with goodness. The devil says: End your work with evil. So if he praises and remembers Allah, the angel drives the devil away and protects him throughout the night. Then when he wakes up, again the angel and the devil hasten towards him, and both repeat the previous conversation. So if he remembers Allah and says: All praise is due to the One who returned my soul to me after death and did not cause me to die in my sleep. All praise is due to the One "who holds the heavens and the earth lest they move from their places. If they were to move, who could hold them after Him? Surely, He is Most Forbearing, Most Forgiving." [سورہ فاطر: 41] All praise is due to Allah "who holds the heavens from falling upon the earth except by His permission... Surely, He is Most Kind, Most Merciful." [سورہ الحج: 65] If he dies, he dies the death of a martyr, and if he gets up and prays, it will be a prayer of great virtue.
