Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 31271 — What they said on a man going to bed

Al-Sa'ib said: I was sitting with Sayyiduna Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) when a man came to him. He said: Shall I not teach you some words? It was as if he were attributing these words to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). When you lie down on your bed at night, say these words: O Allah, I have made my self subject to You, I have turned my face toward You, I have entrusted my affair to You, and I have turned my back toward You. I have believed in Your Book which has been sent down, and in Your Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) who has been sent. O Allah, it is You who created my self; for You alone is its life and for You alone is its death. So if You give it death, then have mercy on it, and if You delay its death, then protect it by preserving its faith.