Authentic Supplications of the Prophet

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At Sleeping Time (24)

If the Messenger of Allah

wanted to sleep he would say Bi'ismika 'allãhumma 'amootu wa 'ahyã⁽⁴³⁾

and when he awakened from his sleep he used to say: Al-hamdu lil-lãhi 'allathee 'ahyãnã ba`da ma 'amãtanã, wa 'ilayhin-nushooru⁽⁴⁴⁾

Footnotes

⁽⁴³⁾ It is in your name O' my 'ilãh that I die and I live.

⁽⁴⁴⁾ All praise be to Allah Who has caused us life after He had caused us death, and to Him is the return.

Reporters

Agreed upon by Bukhãri and Muslim, and Al-Albãni included it in The Authentic of Good Sayings as #24.

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