The bedtime routine in the Sabīl library: wuḍū, Āyat al-Kursī, the three sūrahs, the end of al-Baqarah, two du‘ās and a bad dream, each sourced.
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The narrations give the end of the day a shape of its own: wuḍū, a few passages of the Qur’ān, a count of tasbīḥ, lying down on the right side, and a du‘ā as the last words before sleep. This page sets out that routine as the Sabīl library prints it, explains each step and where it comes from, and adds what the library’s cards say about a bad dream. Each entry is shown from the library with its Arabic, its meaning where the card gives one, and the source and grade the library gives; the narrations behind them are listed by number at the end. Under some verses the page also shows the notes of that edition; they are the edition’s words, not this page’s, and this page has not checked them.
Sleep in the Qur’ān
The Qur’ān speaks of sleep as a taking of the soul: Allah takes the souls at their death, and those that have not died during their sleep, withholding the ones on whom He has decreed death and releasing the others until an appointed term.
Mwenyezi Mungu huzipokea roho zinapokufa. Na zile zisizokufa wakati wa kulala kwake, huzishika zilizohukumiwa kufa, na huzirudisha nyingine mpaka ufike wakati uliowekwa. Hakika katika hayo bila ya shaka zipo Ishara kwa watu wanaofikiri.
Qur’ani 39:42Swahili Translation - Rowad Translation Center · QuranEnc.com · version 1.0.5
The short bedtime du‘ā below speaks in the same terms: in it a person says that in Allah’s name they die and they live.
The bedtime card: the routine in order
The Daily Companion set of the Pocket Companion has a card headed “Bedtime & the night”. It opens with a line labelled “Before sleep · in order”, which gives the whole routine:
wuḍū;
Āyat al-Kursī, once;
al-Ikhlāṣ, al-Falaq and an-Nās into cupped palms, wiped over the body, three times;
the last two verses of al-Baqarah;
Sūrah al-Mulk;
the tasbīḥ, counted 33, 33 and 34;
then lying on the right side.
For this line the library cites al-Bukhārī, Muslim and at-Tirmidhī with the grade ṣaḥīḥ. Narrations in these books speak of its steps. Al-Barā’ ibn ʿĀzib reports that the Prophet ﷺ told him to make wuḍū as for the prayer when going to bed, and to lie on his right side. ʿĀ’ishah reports that every night, on going to bed, the Prophet ﷺ cupped his hands, blew into them reciting al-Ikhlāṣ, al-Falaq and an-Nās, and wiped over as much of his body as he could, three times. In a narration that al-Bukhārī gives without its full chain, Abū Hurayrah reports that he was told that whoever recites Āyat al-Kursī on going to bed will have a guard from Allah with him, and that no devil will come near him until morning, and that the Prophet ﷺ said the one who told him had spoken the truth. Abū Masʿūd reports that the last two verses of al-Baqarah, recited at night, suffice a person. And ʿAlī reports that when Fāṭimah asked for a servant, the Prophet ﷺ taught the two of them instead to say the tasbīḥ, the taḥmīd and the takbīr, 33, 33 and 34, when they went to bed.
Tafsiri ya rasimu: imetengenezwa na mashine kutoka Kiarabu na Kiingereza, na bado haijasomwa na mwanazuoni wala mhariri mzawa wa lugha. Pale mstari usipoeleweka, onyesha Kiingereza na utegemee Kiarabu.
Mistari inayohusu hukumu huonyeshwa kila mara pamoja na Kiingereza cha chapa chini yake. Mstari ambao rasimu yake haikupita ukaguzi huonyeshwa kwa Kiingereza pekee.
07Wakati wa kulala na usiku
Kabla ya kulala · kwa mpangilio
Udhu · Ayatul-Kursi 1× · Ikhlas, Falaq, Nas kwenye viganja vilivyokunjwa kisha pangusa mwili 3× · aya mbili za mwisho za al-Baqara · Sura al-Mulk · tasbihi 33/33/34 · lala kwa ubavu wa kulia.
Allāhumma aslamtu nafsī ilayk, wa wajjahtu wajhī ilayka wa fawwaḍtu amrī ilayk, wa alja’tu ẓahrī ilayk, raghbatan wa rahbatan ilayk, lā malja’a wa lā manjā minka illā ilayk, āmantu bikitābikal-ladhī anzalt, wa binabiyyikal-ladhī arsalt
Riwaya nzima
Narrated Al-Bara' bin `Azib:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "O so-and-so, whenever you go to your bed (for sleeping) say, 'O Allah! I have surrendered myself over to you and have turned my face towards You, and leave all my affairs to You and depend on You and put my trust in You expecting Your reward and fearing Your punishment. There is neither fleeing from You nor refuge but with You. I believe in the Book (Qur'an) which You have revealed and in Your Prophet (Muhammad) whom You have sent.' If you then die on that night, then you will die as a Muslim, and if you wake alive in the morning then you will receive the reward." (See Hadith No. 323, Vol)
Tafsiri ni ya seti ya data huria yenyewe, imeonyeshwa kama ilivyo: mfasiri hatajwi, haki zake hazijathibitishwa, na hakuna aliyeilinganisha na Kiarabu. Seti ya data haina tafsiri ya kitabu hiki katika lugha hii, hivyo Kiingereza kinaonyeshwa.
Imeonyeshwa kamili, kutoka Sahih al-Bukhari · Na. 7488. Katika chapa maandishi haya ni mafupi zaidi. Mistari ya chapa iliyo hapa chini iliandikwa kwa maandishi mafupi.
Ewe Allah, nimeisalimisha nafsi yangu kwako, nimeuelekeza uso wangu kwako, nimelikabidhi jambo langu kwako, na nimeuegemeza mgongo wangu kwako.
Bukhari · sahihi — maneno ya mwisho kabla ya kulala; atakayekufa usiku huo hufa juu ya fitra.
Ndoto mbaya
Tema mate kwa wepesi upande wa kushoto mara tatu, omba kinga dhidi ya Shetani na dhidi ya ulichokiona, geukia ubavu mwingine, na usimwambie yeyote.
Muslim · sahihi
Mistari yenye ukingo wa nukta ni matamshi ya Kiarabu, yaliyotokana na irabu zake kwa kanuni. Haitoki katika machapisho na haijapitiwa: pale inapotofautiana na Kiarabu, Kiarabu ndicho sahihi.
Beneath the routine the card has two du‘ās, both cited to al-Bukhārī with the grade ṣaḥīḥ. The short one is the du‘ā Ḥudhayfah reports the Prophet ﷺ saying when he went to bed, with his hand beneath his cheek. The longer one is the du‘ā al-Barā’ was taught, in which a person submits themselves to Allah, turns their face to Him, entrusts their affair to Him and rests their back upon Him. Its source line calls it the last words before sleep, and adds that whoever dies that night dies upon fiṭrah; in the narration, the Prophet ﷺ tells al-Barā’ to make these his last words.
The card prints only the opening of the longer du‘ā. On screen the app shows it whole, taken from a narration in al-Bukhārī, the book the card cites, and a line beneath it says so. The meaning shown with the whole text is the translation of that narration in an open ḥadīth dataset, which, as the app says there, nobody has checked against the Arabic. The card’s own meaning was written for the shorter text and stays beneath it.
After a bad dream
The card closes with a line for a bad dream, cited to Muslim with the grade ṣaḥīḥ: spit lightly to the left three times, seek refuge from Shayṭān and from what you saw, turn onto the other side, and tell no one.
The Sleeping card of Adab & Akhlāq
The library’s cards on manners have one for sleeping, and it adds a few things to the routine above: dust the bedding three times before lying down; lie on the right side with the hand beneath the cheek; and do not lie face down, which the card calls a posture Allah dislikes. It names the same recitations: Āyat al-Kursī, the last two verses of al-Baqarah, and the three quls blown into the palms. For these lines the library cites al-Bukhārī and Muslim, and Abū Dāwūd and at-Tirmidhī, with the grade ṣaḥīḥ.
Tafsiri ya rasimu: imetengenezwa na mashine kutoka Kiarabu na Kiingereza, na bado haijasomwa na mwanazuoni wala mhariri mzawa wa lugha. Pale mstari usipoeleweka, onyesha Kiingereza na utegemee Kiarabu.
Mistari inayohusu hukumu huonyeshwa kila mara pamoja na Kiingereza cha chapa chini yake. Mstari ambao rasimu yake haikupita ukaguzi huonyeshwa kwa Kiingereza pekee.
03Kulala
Lala ukiwa na udhu.
Kung’uta matandiko mara tatu kabla ya kujilaza.
Lala kwa ubavu wa kulia, mkono ukiwa chini ya shavu.
Soma Ayatul-Kursi, aya mbili za mwisho za al-Baqara, na Qul tatu ukizipulizia viganjani.
Al-ḥamdu lillāhil-ladhī aḥyānā ba‘da mā amātanā wa ilayhin-nushūr
Bukhari · sahihi
Ndoto inayosumbua: tema mate kidogo upande wako wa kushoto mara tatu, omba kinga dhidi ya Shetani, geukia ubavu mwingine, wala usimweleze yeyote. Ndoto njema inatoka kwa Allah — mweleze tu yule anayekupenda.
Bukhari, Muslim · sahihi
Mistari yenye ukingo wa nukta ni matamshi ya Kiarabu, yaliyotokana na irabu zake kwa kanuni. Haitoki katika machapisho na haijapitiwa: pale inapotofautiana na Kiarabu, Kiarabu ndicho sahihi.
Under the label “The last words of the day” the card has the short du‘ā again, and under “On waking” the words said on getting up, both cited to al-Bukhārī. Its last line is on dreams, cited to al-Bukhārī and Muslim with the grade ṣaḥīḥ: for a troubling dream it gives the steps of the bedtime card, and it adds a sentence about a good dream. In al-Bukhārī, Abū Qatādah reports from the Prophet ﷺ that a good dream is from Allah and is told only to one whom the dreamer loves, and that for a dream one dislikes one seeks refuge in Allah from its evil and from Satan, spits three times and tells no one.
Āyat al-Kursī and the last two verses of al-Baqarah
Both cards name Āyat al-Kursī without printing it. The Pocket Companion prints it on a card of its own in the Pocket Adhkār set, as Qur’ān 2:255. That card’s label reads “once after every farḍ”; its source line cites an-Nasā’ī and aṭ-Ṭabarānī with the grade ṣaḥīḥ, and ends with the words “Also before sleep”.
Tafsiri ya rasimu: imetengenezwa na mashine kutoka Kiarabu na Kiingereza, na bado haijasomwa na mwanazuoni wala mhariri mzawa wa lugha. Pale mstari usipoeleweka, onyesha Kiingereza na utegemee Kiarabu.
Mistari inayohusu hukumu huonyeshwa kila mara pamoja na Kiingereza cha chapa chini yake. Mstari ambao rasimu yake haikupita ukaguzi huonyeshwa kwa Kiingereza pekee.
Allāhu lā ilāha illā huwal-ḥayyul-qayyūmu lā ta’khudhuhu sinatun wa lā nawmun lahu mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍi man dhal-ladhī yashfa‘u ‘indahu illā bi-idhnihi ya‘lamu mā bayna aydīhim wa mā khalfahum wa lā yuḥīṭūna bishay’in min ‘ilmihi illā bimā shā’a wasi‘a kursiyyuhus-samāwāti wal-arḍa wa lā ya’ūduhu ḥifẓuhumā wa huwal-‘aliyyul-‘aẓīm.
Alama za mwisho wa aya na za kusimama zimeonyeshwa kama zilivyo katika msahafu, kutoka Qur’ani 2:255. Katika chapa kifungu hiki hakina alama hizo.
an-Nasa’i, at-Tabarani · sahihi — hakuna kinachosimama kati ya msomaji na Pepo isipokuwa mauti. Pia kabla ya kulala.
Mistari yenye ukingo wa nukta ni matamshi ya Kiarabu, yaliyotokana na irabu zake kwa kanuni. Haitoki katika machapisho na haijapitiwa: pale inapotofautiana na Kiarabu, Kiarabu ndicho sahihi.
Mwenyezi Mungu - hakuna mungu isipokuwa Yeye, Aliye hai, Msimamizi wa mambo yote milele. Hashikwi na kusinzia wala kulala. Ni vyake vilivyomo mbinguni na vilivyomo duniani. Ni nani huyo awezaye kufanya uombezi mbele yake isipokuwa kwa idhini yake? Anayajua yaliyo mbele yao, na yaliyo nyuma yao, wala wao hawajui vyema chochote katika elimu yake isipokuwa kwa kile akitakacho. Kursi (mahali inapokanyaga miguu) yake imeenea mbingu na dunia, na wala halemewi katika kuvilinda vyote viwili. Na Yeye ndiye aliye juu zaidi, Mkuu.
Qur’ani 2:255Swahili Translation - Rowad Translation Center · QuranEnc.com · version 1.0.5
And the last two verses of al-Baqarah, which both cards name:
Mtume ameamini yaliyoteremshwa kwake kutoka kwa Mola wake Mlezi, na Waumini vile vile. Wote wamemwamini Mwenyezi Mungu, na Malaika wake, na Vitabu vyake na Mitume wake. Hatutofautishi baina ya yeyote katika Mitume wake, na (Waumini) husema: Tumesikia na tumetii. Tunakutaka maghfira Mola wetu Mlezi! Na marejeo ni kwako.
Qur’ani 2:285Swahili Translation - Rowad Translation Center · QuranEnc.com · version 1.0.5
Mwenyezi Mungu haikalifishi nafsi yoyote isipokuwa kwa kiwango cha iwezavyo. Faida ya iliyoyachuma ni yake, na hasara ya iliyoyachuma ni juu yake pia. (Semeni) Mola wetu Mlezi! Usituchukulie ubaya tukisahau au tukikosea. Mola wetu Mlezi! Usitubebeshe mzigo kama uliyowabebesha wale waliokuwa kabla yetu. Mola wetu Mlezi! Usitutwike tusiyoyaweza, na uyatupilie mbali mabaya yetu, na utusamehe na uturehemu. Wewe ndiye Mlinzi wetu. Basi tupe ushindi dhidi ya kaumu ya makafiri.
Qur’ani 2:286Swahili Translation - Rowad Translation Center · QuranEnc.com · version 1.0.5
Where else the library names the night
The poster of morning and evening adhkār, Adhkār after Prayer, has an entry for al-Ikhlāṣ, al-Falaq and an-Nās, three times each, and adds that they are said again before sleep, blowing into the palms and wiping what can be reached of the body. Its source line names Abū Dāwūd and at-Tirmidhī, with the grade ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ.
The Qur’ān Companion of the Pocket Companion has a table headed “What to read, and when”: its row for every night lists Āyat al-Kursī, al-Mulk and the last two verses of al-Baqarah, and its row for before sleep the three sūrahs into the palms, wiped over the body three times. My Little Companion, the children’s set, has a card for sleeping and waking, with the short du‘ā, and tells the child to sleep on the right side and to read Āyat al-Kursī with a grown-up.
References
Verses of the Qur’ān, by sūrah and verse, shown above: 2:255; 2:285–286; 39:42. Named in the prose: sūrahs 112, 113 and 114 (al-Ikhlāṣ, al-Falaq, an-Nās) and sūrah 67 (al-Mulk).
Narrations, by collection and number as sunnah.com numbers them: al-Bukhārī by the numbering of Fatḥ al-Bārī; Muslim by Muḥammad Fuʾād ʿAbd al-Bāqī’s numbers, with the letter sunnah.com adds where it divides one. The library names the collection on each card; the numbers are the narrations described above.
Wuḍū before sleep, lying on the right side, and the du‘ā of submission as the last words: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 247.
The three sūrahs into the palms, three times: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5017.
Āyat al-Kursī on going to bed: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2311, given by al-Bukhārī without its full chain.
The last two verses of al-Baqarah at night: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5009; Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 807a.
The tasbīḥ 33, 33 and 34 at bedtime: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5361; Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2727a.
The short du‘ā, and the hand beneath the cheek: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6314.
Dusting the bedding: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6320; three times: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 7393.
A bad dream: spitting to the left three times, seeking refuge, turning over: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2262.
The longer du‘ā as the app shows it whole: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 7488.
A good dream and a bad one, and whom to tell: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 7044.
From the Sabīl library: the Pocket Companion, the cards “Bedtime & the night” and “Āyat al-Kursī”, with the table “What to read, and when” and the card for sleeping and waking in My Little Companion, linked; Adab & Akhlāq, the card “Sleeping”; Adhkār after Prayer, the entry for the three sūrahs, linked. The narrations for lying face down, for Sūrah al-Mulk and for Āyat al-Kursī after the prayer are named on those cards by their collections only, and are not described here.
What is said on waking is also on the Pocket Companion’s card Waking & wuḍū. A question about the meaning of another line on that card has not been settled.