When the Prophet (ﷺ) went to bed, he would say: "Bismika amutu wa ahya." and when he got up he
would say:" Al-hamdu li l-lahil-ladhi ahyana ba'da ma amatana wa ilaihin-nushur."
That the Prophet (ﷺ) advised a man, saying, "If you intend to lie down (i.e. go to bed), say, 'Allahumma
aslamtu nafsi ilaika wa fauwadtu `Amri ilaika, wa wajjahtu wajhi ilaika wa alja'tu zahri ilaika,
reghbatan wa rahbatan ilaika. La malja'a wa la manja minka illa ilaika. Amantu bikitabikal-ladhi
anzalta; wa nabiyyikalladhi arsalta.' And if you should die then (after reciting this before going to bed)
you will die on the religion of Islam"
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 75, Hadith 325
Hadith 6314
Chapter 8: Putting right hand under right cheek on sleeping - كتاب الدعوات
Narrated Hudhaifa:
حَدَّثَنِي مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا أَخَذَ مَضْجَعَهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ تَحْتَ خَدِّهِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ " اللَّهُمَّ بِاسْمِكَ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا ". وَإِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ قَالَ " الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ ".
When the Prophet (ﷺ) went to bed at night, he would put his hand under his cheek and then say,
"Allahumma 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."
When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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,
raghbatan wa rahbatan ilaika. La Malja'a wa la manja minka illa ilaika. Amantu bikitabika al-ladhi
anzalta wa nabiyyika al-ladhi arsalta! Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Whoever recites these words (before
going to bed) and dies the same night, he will die on the Islamic religion (as a Muslim).
One night I slept at the house of Maimuna. The Prophet (ﷺ) 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 all the parts properly and then
offered the prayer. I got up and straightened my back in order that the Prophet (ﷺ) might not feel that I
was watching him, and then I performed the ablution, and when he got up to offer the prayer, I 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 (ﷺ) 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, Allahumma 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, (which the Prophet (ﷺ)
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."
When the Prophet (ﷺ) 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 ilaha il-la anta (or La ilaha
ghairuka)"
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 (ﷺ) 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 (ﷺ) 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-three times, and
'Subhan Allah' thirty-three times, 'Al hamdu 'illah' thirty-three times, for that is better for you than a
servant." Ibn Seereen said, "Subhan Allah' (is to be said for) thirty-four times."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 75, Hadith 330
Hadith 6319
Chapter 12: Taking refuge with Allah, and the recitation before going to bed - كتاب الدعوات
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ إِذَا أَخَذَ مَضْجَعَهُ نَفَثَ فِي يَدَيْهِ، وَقَرَأَ بِالْمُعَوِّذَاتِ، وَمَسَحَ بِهِمَا جَسَدَهُ.
Whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went to bed, he used to blow on his hands while reciting the Mu'auwidhat (
i.e. Suratal-Falaq 113 and Surat-an-Nas 114) and then pass his hands over his body.
The Prophet (ﷺ) 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: 'Bismika
Rabbi Wada`tu Janbi wa bika arfa'uhu, In amsakta nafsi farhamha wa in arsaltaha fahfazha bima
tahfazu bihi ibadakas-salihin."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 75, Hadith 332
Hadith 6321
Chapter 14: Invocation in the middle of the night - كتاب الدعوات
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَغَرِّ، وَأَبِي، سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" يَتَنَزَّلُ رَبُّنَا تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا حِينَ يَبْقَى ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ الآخِرُ يَقُولُ مَنْ يَدْعُونِي فَأَسْتَجِيبَ لَهُ، مَنْ يَسْأَلُنِي فَأُعْطِيَهُ، وَمَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرُنِي فَأَغْفِرَ لَهُ?"
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When it is the last third of the night, our Lord, the Blessed, the Superior,
descends 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?' "
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The most superior way of asking for forgiveness from Allah is: 'Allahumma anta
Rabbi la ilaha illa anta. Khalaqtani wa ana `Abduka, wa ana 'ala 'ahdika wa Wa'dika mastata'tu abu'u
Laka bi ni 'matika wa abu'u Laka bidhanbi; faghfirli fa'innahu la yaghfiru-dh-dhunuba ill a ant a.
A'uidhu bika min sharri ma sana'tu.' If somebody recites this invocation during the night, and if he
should die then, he will go to Paradise (or he will be from the people of Paradise). And if he recites it
in the morning, and if he should die on the same day, he will have the same fate."
Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) intended to go to bed, he would recite: "Bismika Allahumma amutu wa ahya
(With Your name, O Allah, I die and I live)." And when he woke up from his sleep, he would say:
"Al-hamdu lil-lahil-ladhi ahyana ba'da ma amatana; wa ilaihi an-nushur (All the Praises are for Allah
Who has made us alive after He made us die (sleep) and unto Him is the Resurrection). "
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 75, Hadith 336
Hadith 6325
Chapter 16: What to say when one gets up in the morning - كتاب الدعوات
Narrated Abu Dhar:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ رِبْعِيِّ بْنِ حِرَاشٍ، عَنْ خَرَشَةَ بْنِ الْحُرِّ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا أَخَذَ مَضْجَعَهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ قَالَ " اللَّهُمَّ بِاسْمِكَ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا ". فَإِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ قَالَ " الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ ".
Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) lay on his bed, he used to say: "Allahumma bismika amutu wa ahya," and when
he woke up he would say: "Al-hamdu lil-lahilladhi ahyana ba'da ma an atana, wa ilaihi an-nushur."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 75, Hadith 337
Hadith 6326
Chapter 17: Invocation during the Salat - كتاب الدعوات
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ، عَنْ أَبِي الْخَيْرِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلِّمْنِي دُعَاءً أَدْعُو بِهِ فِي صَلاَتِي. قَالَ
" قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي ظُلْمًا كَثِيرًا، وَلاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَغْفِرَةً مِنْ عِنْدِكَ، وَارْحَمْنِي، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ ". وَقَالَ عَمْرٌو عَنْ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْخَيْرِ، إِنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
Abu Bakr As-Siddiq said to the Prophet, "Teach me an invocation with which I may invoke (Allah) in
my prayer." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Say: Allahumma inni zalamtu nafsi zulman kathiran wala yaghfirudhdhunuba
illa anta, Faghfirli maghfiratan min indika war-hamni, innaka antalGhafur-Rahim."
We used to say in the prayer: 'AsSalam be on Allah, As-Salam be on so-and so.' So one day the
Prophet said to us, "Allah Himself is As-Salam; when anyone of you sits during his prayer, he should
say: 'at-tah, iyyatu-li l-lahi,' up to 'As-Salihin,' (All the compliments are for Allah ...righteous people)
for when he recites this, then he says his Salam to all the righteous people present in the heavens and
on the earth. Then he should say, 'I testify that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah, and
that Muhammad is His slave and His Apostle,' and then he can select whatever he likes to celebrate
(Allah's) Praises."
The people said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! The rich people have got the highest degrees of prestige and the
permanent pleasures (in this life and the life to come in the Hereafter)." He said, "How is that?" They
said, "The rich pray as we pray, and strive in Allah's Cause as we do, and spend from their surplus
wealth in charity, while we have no wealth (to spend likewise)." He said, "Shall I not tell you a thing,
by doing which, you will catch up with those who are ahead of you and supersede those who will
come after you; and nobody will be able to do such a good deed as you do except the one who does
the same (deed as you do). That deed is to recite 'Subhan Allah ten times, and 'Al-Hamduli l-lah ten
times, and 'AllahuAkbar' ten times after every prayer."
(the freed slave of Al-Mughira bin Shu`ba) Al-Mughira wrote to Muawiya bin Abu Sufyan that
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to say at the end of every prayer after the Taslim, "La ilaha illa-l-lahu wahdahu la
sharika lahu; lahu-l-mulk wa lahu-l-hamd, wahuwa 'ala kulli shai'n qadir. Allahumma la mani'a Lima
a taita, wa la mu'ta Lima mana'ta, wa la yanfa'u dhal-jaddu minkal-jadd.
We went out with the Prophet (ﷺ) to Khaibar. A man among the people said, "O 'Amir! Will you please
recite to us some of your poetic verses?" So 'Amir got down and started chanting among them, saying,
"By Allah! Had it not been for Allah, we would not have been guided." 'Amir also said other poetic
verses which I do not remember. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Who is this (camel) driver?" The people said,
"He is 'Amir bin Al-Akwa`," He said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on him." A man from the People
said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Would that you let us enjoy his company longer." When the people
(Muslims) lined up, the battle started, and 'Amir was struck with his own sword (by chance) by
himself and died. In the evening, the people made a large number of fires (for cooking meals). Allah's
Apostle said, "What is this fire? What are you making the fire for?" They said, "For cooking the meat
of donkeys." He said, "Throw away what is in the pots and break the pots!" A man said, "O Allah's
Prophet! May we throw away what is in them and wash them?" He said, "Never mind, you may do
so." (See Hadith No. 509, Vol. 5).
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 75, Hadith 343
Hadith 6332
Chapter 19: "... And invoke Allah for them ..." - كتاب الدعوات
Narrated Ibn Abi `Aufa:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى ـ رضى الله عنهما كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ بِصَدَقَةٍ قَالَ " اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى آلِ فُلاَنٍ ". فَأَتَاهُ أَبِي فَقَالَ " اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى آلِ أَبِي أَوْفَى ".
Whenever a man brought his alms to the Prophet, the Prophet (ﷺ) would say, "O Allah! Bestow Your
Blessing upon the family of so-and-so." When my father came to him (with his alms), he said, "O
Allah! Bestow Your Blessings upon the family of Abi `Aufa."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 75, Hadith 344
Hadith 6333
Chapter 19: "... And invoke Allah for them ..." - كتاب الدعوات
Narrated Jarir:
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنْ قَيْسٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَرِيرًا، قَالَ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَلاَ تُرِيحُنِي مِنْ ذِي الْخَلَصَةِ ". وَهْوَ نُصُبٌ كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَهُ يُسَمَّى الْكَعْبَةَ الْيَمَانِيَةَ. قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ لاَ أَثْبُتُ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ، فَصَكَّ فِي صَدْرِي فَقَالَ " اللَّهُمَّ ثَبِّتْهُ وَاجْعَلْهُ هَادِيًا مَهْدِيًّا ". قَالَ فَخَرَجْتُ فِي خَمْسِينَ مِنْ أَحْمَسَ مِنْ قَوْمِي ـ وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ سُفْيَانُ فَانْطَلَقْتُ فِي عُصْبَةٍ مِنْ قَوْمِي ـ فَأَتَيْتُهَا فَأَحْرَقْتُهَا، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، وَاللَّهِ مَا أَتَيْتُكَ حَتَّى تَرَكْتُهَا مِثْلَ الْجَمَلِ الأَجْرَبِ. فَدَعَا لأَحْمَسَ وَخَيْلِهَا.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me. "Will you relieve me from Dhi-al-Khalasa? " Dhi-al-Khalasa was an idol
which the people used to worship and it was called Al-Ka`ba al Yamaniyya. I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
I am a man who can't sit firm on horses." So he stroked my chest (with his hand) and said, "O Allah!
Make him firm and make him a guiding and well-guided man." So I went out with fifty (men) from
my tribe of Ahrnas. (The sub-narrator, Sufyan, quoting Jarir, perhaps said, "I went out with a group of
men from my nation.") and came to Dhi-al-Khalasa and burnt it, and then came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and
said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I have not come to you till I left it like a camel with a skin disease." The
Prophet then invoked good upon Ahmas and their cavalry (fighters).
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Hadith 6334
Chapter 19: "... And invoke Allah for them ..." - كتاب الدعوات
Narrated Anas:
حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا، قَالَ قَالَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَسٌ خَادِمُكَ. قَالَ
" اللَّهُمَّ أَكْثِرْ مَالَهُ وَوَلَدَهُ، وَبَارِكْ لَهُ فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَهُ ".
Um Sulaim said to the Prophet (ﷺ) "Anas is your servant." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Allah! increase his
wealth and offspring, and bless (for him) what ever you give him."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 75, Hadith 346
Hadith 6335
Chapter 19: "... And invoke Allah for them ..." - كتاب الدعوات
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ سَمِعَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَجُلاً يَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ
" رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ، لَقَدْ أَذْكَرَنِي كَذَا وَكَذَا آيَةً أَسْقَطْتُهَا فِي سُورَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) heard a man reciting (the Qur'an) in the mosque. He said," May Allah bestow His Mercy
on him, as he made me remember such and-such Verse which I had missed in such-and-such Sura."
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Chapter 19: "... And invoke Allah for them ..." - كتاب الدعوات
Narrated `Abdullah:
حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، أَخْبَرَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ قَسَمَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَسْمًا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ إِنَّ هَذِهِ لَقِسْمَةٌ مَا أُرِيدَ بِهَا وَجْهُ اللَّهِ. فَأَخْبَرْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَغَضِبَ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ الْغَضَبَ فِي وَجْهِهِ وَقَالَ
" يَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ مُوسَى، لَقَدْ أُوذِيَ بِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ هَذَا فَصَبَرَ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) divided something (among the Muslims) and distributed the shares (of the booty). A man
said, "This division has not been made to please Allah." When I informed the Prophet (ﷺ) about it, he
became so furious that I noticed the signs of anger on his face and he then said, "May Allah bestow
His Mercy on Moses, for he was hurt with more than this, yet he remained patient."