«إذا أوى أحدكم إلى فراشه فلينفضه بداخلة إزاره فإنه لا يدري ما خلفه عليه ثم ليضطجع على شقه الأيمن ثم ليقل: باسمك ربي وضعت جنبي و بك أرفعه إن أمسكت نفسي فارحمها و إن أرسلتها فاحفظها بما تحفظ به عبادك الصالحين»
(ق د) عن أبي هريرة.
407 – It is narrated from the words of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
“When any of you wants to go to bed, let him shake it off with the inside of his izar, for he does not know what has come on to it[1] after him. And then, let him lie down on his right side, and say: “With your name, my Lord, I will lie down on my side, and with your name I will rise. If you take my soul, then have mercy on it, and if you let it go, then protect it by means of what you protect your righteous slaves! / Bismika, Rabbi, wada’tu janbi wa bika arfa’uhu, fa in amsakta nafsi, farhamha, wa in arsaltaha, fahfazha bima tahfazu bihi ‘ibadaka-s-salihin! / “
This hadith was narrated by al-Bukhari 6320, Muslim 2714 , Abu Daud 5050.
Sheikh al-Albani called the hadith authentic. See Sahih al-jami ‘as-saghir 407.
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[1] – This refers to insects or snakes.
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