Volume 8, Book 75, Number 326:
Narrated Hudhaifa:
When the Prophet went to bed at night, he would put his hand under his cheek and then say, “Al –
lahumma bismika amutu wa ahya,” and when he got up, he would say, “Al-Hamdu lil-lahi al-ladhi
ahyana ba’da ma amatana, wa ilaihi an-nushur.”
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 327:
Narrated Al-Bara’ bin ‘Azib:
When Allah’s Apostle went to bed, he used to sleep on his right side and then say, “All-ahumma
aslamtu nafsi ilaika, wa wajjahtu wajhi ilaika, wa fauwadtu Amri ilaika, wa alja’tu zahri ilaika, ragh –
batan wa rahbatan ilaika. La Malja’a wa la manja minka illa ilaika. Amantu bikitabika al-ladhi anza –
lta wa nabiyyika al-ladhi arsalta! Allah’s Apostle said, “Whoever recites these words (before going to
bed) and dies the same night, he will die on the Islamic religion (as a Muslim).”
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 328:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
One night I slept at the house of Maimuna. The Prophet woke up, answered the call of nature,
washed his face and hands, and then slept. He got up (late at night), went to a water skin, opened the
mouth thereof and performed ablution not using much water, yet he washed al I the parts properly
and then offered the prayer. I got up and straightened my back in order that the Prophet might not
feel that I was watching him, and then I performed the ablution, and when he got up to offer the
prayer, stood on his left. He caught hold of my ear and brought me over to his right side. He offered
thirteen Rak’at in all and then lay down and slept till he started blowing out his breath as he used to
do when he slept. In the meantime Bilal informed the Prophet of the approaching time for the (Fajr)
prayer, and the Prophet offered the Fajr (Morning) prayer without performing new ablution. He
used to say in his invocation, Allaihumma ij’al fi qalbi nuran wa fi basari nuran, wa fi sam’i nuran,
wa’an yamini nuran, wa’an yasari nuran, wa fawqi nuran, wa tahti nuran, wa amami nuran, wa
khalfi nuran, waj’al li nuran.” Kuraib (a sub narrator) said, “I have forgotten seven other words,
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(which the Prophet mentioned in this invocation). I met a man from the offspring of Al-‘Abbas and
he narrated those seven things to me, mentioning, ‘(Let there be light in) my nerves, my flesh, my
blood, my hair and my body,’ and he also mentioned two other things.”
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 329:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
When the Prophet got up at night to offer the night prayer, he used to say: “Allahumma laka-l-
hamdu; Anta nuras-samawati wal ardi wa man fihinna. Wa laka-l-hamdu; Anta qaiyim as-
samawati wal ardi wa man flhinna. Wa lakaI-hamdu; Anta-l-,haqqun, wa wa’daka haqqun, wa
qauluka haqqun, wa liqauka haqqun, wal-jannatu haqqun, wannaru haqqun, was-sa atu haqqun,
wan-nabiyyuna huqqun, Mahammadun haqqun, Allahumma laka aslamtu, wa Alaika tawakkaltu,
wa bika amantu, wa ilaika anabtu, wa bika Khasamtu, wa ilaika hakamtu, faghfirli ma qaddamtu wa
ma akh-khartu, wa ma asrartu, wa ma a’lantu. Anta al-muqaddimu, wa anta al-mu-‘akhkhiru. La il –
aha il-la anta (or La ilaha ghairuka)”
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 330:
Narrated ‘Ali:
Fatima complained about the blisters on her hand because of using a mill-stone. She went to ask
the Prophet for servant, but she did not find him (at home) and had to inform ‘Aisha of her need.
When he came, ‘Aisha informed him about it. Ali added: The Prophet came to us when we had gone
to our beds. When I was going to get up, he said, “‘Stay in your places,” and sat between us, till I felt
the coolness of the feet on my chest. The Prophet then said, “Shall I not tell you of a thing which is
better for you than a servant? When you (both) go to your beds, say ‘Allahu Akbar’ thirty-four times,
and ‘Subhan Allah’ thirty-three times, ‘Alhamdu ‘illah’ thirty-three times, for that is better for you
than a servant.” Ibn Sirin said, “Subhan Allah’ (is to be said for) thirty-four times.”
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 331:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
Whenever Allah’s Apostle went to bed, he used to blow on his hands while reciting the Mu’auwid –
hat ( i.e. Suratal-Falaq and Surat-an-Nas, 113 and 114) and then pass his hands over his body,
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 332:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “When anyone of you go to bed, he should shake out his bed with the inside of
his waist sheet, for he does not know what has come on to it after him, and then he should say: ‘Bis –
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mika Rabbi wada’tu Janbi wa bika arfa’uhu, In amsakta nafsi farhamha wa in arsaltaha fahfazha
bima tahfazu bihi ibadakas-salihin.”
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 333:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “When it is the last third of the night, our Lord, the Blessed, the Superior, des –
cends every night to the heaven of the world and says, ‘Is there anyone who invokes Me (demand
anything from Me), that I may respond to his invocation; Is there anyone who asks Me for something
that I may give (it to) him; Is there anyone who asks My forgiveness that I may forgive him?’ “