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Sunan Ibn Majah 3876 (Book 34, Hadith 50) #33230
The Benefits of Reciting the Bedtime Prayer

SUMMARY: This hadith encourages people to recite a prayer before going to bed, as it will ensure that they die in a state of Fitrah and wake up with a great deal of good.

It was narrated from Bara' bin 'Azib that : the Prophet (SAWS) said to a man: "When you go to lay down, or go to your bed, say: Allahumma aslamtu wajhi ilayka, wa al-ja'tu zahri ilayka, wa fawwadtu amri ilayka, raghbatan wa rahbatan ilayka, la malja'a wa la manja'a minka illa ilayka, amantu bi kitabikal-ladhi anzalta, wa nabiyyikal arsalta O Allah, I have submitted my face (ie, myself) to You, and I am under Your command (ie, I depend upon You in all my affairs), and I put my trust in You, hoping for Your reward and fearing Your punishment. There is no fleeing from You and no refuge from You except with You. I believe in Your Book that You have revealed and in Your Prophet whom You have sent)'. Then if you die that night, you will die in a state of the Fitrah (nature), and if you wake in the morning you will wake with a great deal of good".
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ ﷺ ـ قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ ‏ "‏ إِذَا أَخَذْتَ مَضْجَعَكَ أَوْ أَوَيْتَ إِلَى فِرَاشِكَ فَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ أَسْلَمْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ رَغْبَةً وَرَهْبَةً إِلَيْكَ لاَ مَلْجَأَ وَلاَ مَنْجَى مِنْكَ إِلاَّ إِلَيْكَ آمَنْتُ بِكِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ وَنَبِيِّكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ فَإِنْ مِتَّ مِنْ لَيْلَتِكَ مِتَّ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ وَإِنْ أَصْبَحْتَ أَصْبَحْتَ وَقَدْ أَصَبْتَ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا
TOPICS
salaam  *  prayer  *  bedtime  *  goodness  *  wajhi  *  aljatu  *  zahri  *  fawwadtu  *  amri  *  raghbatan  *  fitrah

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Recite prayers before sleeping at night .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith encourages people to recite a prayer before going to bed. The prayer is known as the ‘bedtime prayer’ and it goes like this - “O Allah, I have submitted my face to You, and I am under Your command, and I put my trust in You, hoping for Your reward and fearing Your punishment. There is no fleeing from You and no refuge from You except with You. I believe in Your Book that You have revealed and in Your Prophet whom You have sent).” By reciting this prayer before sleeping at night, one can ensure that they die in a state of Fitrah which is an Islamic term meaning natural or pure state. Additionally, if one wakes up the next morning after reciting this prayer then they will wake up with a great deal of good or blessings from Allah SWT. Therefore this hadith teaches us about the importance of reciting prayers before sleeping at night so we can reap its benefits both during our lifetime as well as after death when we meet our Creator SWT.

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