Sleep is one of God’s universal signs, as God Almighty said: (And among His signs is your sleeping by night and by day, and your seeking of His bounty. Indeed, in that are signs for a people who listen), and sleep at night is the origin. And daytime sleep is a branch, and God Almighty made the day for work and spreading out in seeking sustenance, and He made the night for rest, and at night there is sleep, and in the day there is work. God Almighty said: (And it is He who made the night a covering for you and sleep a rest and made the day a resting place.)
And God Almighty said: (Have they not seen that We have made the night for them to rest therein, and the day for giving insight? Indeed, in that are signs for a people who believe.) And God Almighty said: (And We made Your sleep is a rest, and We made the night a covering and made the day a livelihood.
Imam Ibn Katheer – may God have mercy on him – said: That is: Among the verses is that the characteristic of sleep has been given to you at night and during the day, in which you obtain rest and stillness of movement, and the disappearance of fatigue and fatigue, and He has made spreading out and striving for paths and travels during the day, and this is the opposite of sleep.
Whoever says when he goes to bed: (There is no god but God alone, with no partner. To Him belongs dominion, and to Him is praise, and He is capable of all things. There is no power or strength except in God, the Most High, the Great. Glory be to God, and praise be to God. There is no god but God, and God is great.) His sins will be forgiven, even if they are like the foam of the sea.
Supplications and verses should not be said when sleeping in a specific order, except for what the Sunnah states that a person should make the last of his words. As for the well-known supplications when sleeping, they are as follows:
1: In Sahih Al-Bukhari on the authority of Abu Dharr, who said: When the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, went to bed, he would say: “O God, in your name I live and die.”
And when morning comes, he says: “Praise be to God who brought us back to life after He caused us to die, and to Him is the resurrection.”
2 – The two sheikhs narrated on the authority of Ali, may God be pleased with him, that the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said to him and to Fatima, may God be pleased with her: “When you go to bed or go to bed, say “Allahu Akbar” thirty-three times, “Subhaanahu” thirty-three times, and “Al-Hamdu” thirty-three times.” And in their narration: “The takbeer is thirty-four times.”
3 – And in the Sahihs of Al-Bukhari and Muslim on the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, he said: The Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said: “When one of you goes to bed, let him shake off the inside of his garment, for he does not know what is left behind on it, and then he says: In your name, my Lord, I set my side down, and in you I raise it. If you hold my soul, have mercy on it, and if you send it, protect it with the same way you protect your righteous servants.” And in a narration: “He shakes it off three times.”
4 – And in the two Sahih books from her: That when the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, went to bed every night, he would bring his hands together, then blow on them and recite in them (Say, He is God, One) and (Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of creation) and (Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind), then he wiped with them as much of his body as he could, starting with them on his head, face, and the front of his body. He did that three times. The linguists said: Nafth: gentle blowing without saliva.
5 – And in the two Sahih books, on the authority of Abu Masoud Al-Ansari Al-Badri, Uqba bin Amr, may God be pleased with him, said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: “The two verses from the end of Surat Al-Baqarah, whoever recites them every night, are sufficient for him.”
Scholars differed about the meaning of Kaftah. It was said: He Kaftah from the calamities every night, and it was said: He Kaftah from praying during his night.
It was said that he is a girl from Satan, and it is possible that all of them are intended, as Al-Nawawi, may God Almighty have mercy on him, said.
6 – And in the two Sahihs on the authority of Al-Baraa bin Azib, may God be pleased with them, the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said to me: “When you go to your bed, perform your ablution for prayer, then lie on your right side and say: Oh God, I have surrendered myself to You, and I have entrusted my affairs to You and turned my back to You, out of desire and awe of You. There is no refuge or refuge from You except in You. I believe in Your Book which You have revealed, and in Your Prophet whom You have sent. If I die Die according to common sense, and make them the last thing you say.”
7 – And in Sahih Al-Bukhari on the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, he said: The Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, assigned me to memorize the zakat of Ramadan, so someone came to me and began to eat food, and he mentioned the hadith, and said at the end of it: “If you go to bed, recite Ayat Al-Kursi, for a guardian from God Almighty will always be with you, and no devil will approach you until the morning,” so the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said: “You are telling the truth and it is a lie.” That devil.”
8 – And in Sunan Abu Dawud, on the authority of Hafsa, the Mother of the Believers, may God be pleased with her: If the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, wanted to lie down, he would place his right hand under his cheek and then say: “O God, protect me from your torment on the day when your servants are resurrected three times.”
9 – And in Sahih Muslim and Sunan Abu Dawud, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa’i, and Ibn Majah on the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, on the authority of the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, that he used to say when he went to bed: “O God, Lord of the heavens, Lord of the earth, and Lord of the Great Throne, our Lord and Lord of all things, so create love and intentions, the revelation of the Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur’an. I seek refuge in You from the evil of every evil that you take by the forelock. You are the first, and there is nothing before you, and you are the last.” There is nothing after you, and you are the apparent, so nothing is above you, and you are the hidden, so nothing is below you. Pay off our debt, and enrich me from poverty.” In Abu Dawud’s narration: “Recover my debt and free me from poverty.”
10 – And in Sunan Abu Dawud and Al-Tirmidhi on the authority of Nawfal Al-Ashja’i, may God be pleased with him, he said: The Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said to me: “Read (Say, O you disbelievers), then sleep at the end of it, for it is a release from polytheism.”
