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What to say before sleeping (1 of 13)

OD-099 Hisn al-Muslim 99 Recite 3×
Instruction
يَجْمَعُ كَفَّيْهِ ثُمَّ يَنْفُثُ فِيهِمَا فَيَقْرَأُ فِيهِمَا: … ثُمَّ يَمْسَحُ بِهِمَا مَا اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ يَبْدَأُ بِهِمَا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَوَجْهِهِ وَمَا أَقبَلَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ (يفعلُ ذلك ثلاثَ مرَّاتٍ)

When retiring to his bed every night, the Prophet would hold his palms together, spit A form of spitting comprising mainly of air with little spittle in them, recite the last three chapters Al-Ikhlas, Al-Falaq, An-Nas of the Quran and then wipe over his entire body as much as possible with his hands, beginning with his head and face and then all parts of the body, he would do this three times.

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ﴿قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ * اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ* لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ* وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ﴾. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ﴿قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ* مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ* وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ* وَمِن شَرِّ النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ* وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ﴾. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ﴿قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ* مَلِكِ النَّاسِ* إِلَهِ النَّاسِ* مِن شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِ* الَّذِي يُوَسْوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ النَّاسِ* مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَ النَّاسِ﴾
Transliteration

Bismi llāh ar-raḥmān ar-raḥīm qul huwa llāhu aḥadun allāhu aṣ-ṣamadu lam yalid walam yūlad walam yakun llahu kufūan aḥadun bismi llāh ar-raḥmān ar-raḥīm qul aʿūdhu birabbi l-falaqi min sharri mā khalaqa wamin sharri ghāsiqin idhā waqaba wamin sharri an-naffāthāti fī l-ʿuqadi wamin sharri ḥāsidin idhā ḥasada bismi llāh ar-raḥmān ar-raḥīm qul aʿūdhu birabbi an-nāsi maliki an-nāsi ilāhi an-nāsi min sharri l-waswāsi l-khannāsi alladhī yuwaswisu fī ṣudūri an-nāsi mina l-jinnati wa an-nās

Translation

In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. 112:1 Say: He is Allah, the One. 112:2 Allah, the One on whom all depend. 112:3 He neither begets nor was born. 112:4 Nothing is comparable to Him. In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. 113:1 Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak, 113:2 from the evil of what He created, 113:3 from the evil of darkness when it settles, 113:4 from the evil of those who blow upon knots, 113:5 and from the evil of an envier when he envies. In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. 114:1 Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of humankind, 114:2 the King of humankind, 114:3 the God of humankind, 114:4 from the evil of the retreating whisperer, 114:5 who whispers into people’s hearts, 114:6 whether from the jinn or humankind.

Source and grading
Hisn al-Muslim 99 Quranic text (Al-Ikhlas 112, Al-Falaq 113 and An-Nas 114); hadith grading does not apply
البخاري مع الفتح، 9/ 62، برقم 5017، ومسلم، برقم 2192.
Virtues
No narrated virtues are recorded for this entry.
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