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Sahih al-Bukhari 247 (Book 4, Hadith 113) #247
The Last Words Before Sleep

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the importance of having faith in Allah and His Prophet (PBUH) before going to sleep.

Narrated Al-Bara 'bin 'Azib: The Prophet said to me, "Whenever you go to bed perform ablution like that for the prayer, lie or your right side and say, "Allahumma aslamtu wajhi ilaika, wa fauwadtu 'Amri ilaika, wa alja'tu Zahri ilaika raghbatan wa rahbatan ilaika. La Malja'a wa la manja minka illa ilaika. Allahumma amantu bikitabika-l-ladhi anzalta wa bina-biyika-l ladhi arsalta" (O Allah! I surrender to You and entrust all my affairs to You and depend upon You for Your Blessings both with hope and fear of You. There is no fleeing from You, and there is no place of protection and safety except with You O Allah! I believe in Your Book (the Qur'an) which You have revealed and in Your Prophet (Muhammad) whom You have sent). Then if you die on that very night, you will die with faith (ie or the religion of Islam). Let the aforesaid words be your last utterance (before sleep)". I repeated it before the Prophet and when I reached "Allahumma amantu bikitabika-l-ladhi anzalta (O Allah I believe in Your Book which You have revealed)". I said, "Wa-rasulika (and your Apostle)". The Prophet said, "No, (but say): 'Wanabiyika-l-ladhi arsalta (Your Prophet whom You have sent), instead".
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُقَاتِلٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ‏"‏ إِذَا أَتَيْتَ مَضْجَعَكَ فَتَوَضَّأْ وُضُوءَكَ لِلصَّلاَةِ، ثُمَّ اضْطَجِعْ عَلَى شِقِّكَ الأَيْمَنِ، ثُمَّ قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ أَسْلَمْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ، وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ، وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ، رَغْبَةً وَرَهْبَةً إِلَيْكَ، لاَ مَلْجَأَ وَلاَ مَنْجَا مِنْكَ إِلاَّ إِلَيْكَ، اللَّهُمَّ آمَنْتُ بِكِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ، وَبِنَبِيِّكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ‏.‏ فَإِنْ مُتَّ مِنْ لَيْلَتِكَ فَأَنْتَ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ، وَاجْعَلْهُنَّ آخِرَ مَا تَتَكَلَّمُ بِهِ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ فَرَدَّدْتُهَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ فَلَمَّا بَلَغْتُ ‏"‏ اللَّهُمَّ آمَنْتُ بِكِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْتُ وَرَسُولِكَ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ لاَ، وَنَبِيِّكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ

TOPICS
faith  *  surrender  *  entrustment  *  dependence  *  protection  *  ilaka

QUICK LESSONS:
Perform ablution like that for prayer ; Lie on your right side ; Recite a supplication ; Believe in Allah's Book which He has revealed ; Believe in His prophet whom He has sent .
EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith emphasizes the importance of having faith in Allah and His Prophet Muhammad ﷺ before going to sleep. It was narrated by Al-Bara bin Azib that the Prophet ﷺ said that whenever one goes to bed, they should perform ablution like that for prayer, lie on their right side, recite a supplication which includes surrendering oneself to Allah, entrusting all affairs to Him, depending on Him with hope and fear, believing in His book which He has revealed as well as His prophet whom He has sent. If one dies on that night then they will die with faith. This hadith teaches us the importance of having faith in Allah SWT as well as trusting Him completely so we can be sure that whatever happens will be for our own good even if we don’t understand it at first glance. It also teaches us how important it is for us Muslims to remember our religion before sleeping so we can start off each day anew with a clean slate filled only with thoughts about our Creator SWT.

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