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Date Posted: 05:13:28 06/12/02 Wed
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Muslimah
's message, "Reciting Suwar" on 20:32:39 06/11/02 Tue
As Saalamu Alaikoum,
Praise be to Allah.
Narrated Hudhaifa
Whenever the Prophet 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)." [Bukhari 8.336]
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, 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
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)." [Bukhari 8.327]
Abdallah ibn 'Umar said, "The Prophet, peace be upon him, always uttered these supplications in the evening and
in the morning: 'O Allah, I ask You for security in this world and in the Hereafter. O Allah! I ask You for
forgiveness and security in my din and in my worldly
affairs, in my family and in my property. O Allah! Cover up my faults, and keep me safe from the things I fear. O
Allah! Guard me from the front and the behind, from the right and the left, and from above. And I seek in Your
greatness the protection from unexpected harm from beneath." (Abu Daw'ud and Al-Hakim) Waki' said, "This
means to be swallowed up by the earth."
Hudhaifah and Abu Dharr reported that when the Prophet,
peace be upon him, went to bed, he would say, "O Allah, by
Your name I live and die." And when he woke up he said,
"Praise be to Allah Who gave us life after death and to Him
is the return." He placed his right hand under his cheek and prayed, three times, "O Allah, save me from Your
punishment on the day when You will raise Your creature."
He would also say, "O Allah, Lord of the heavens, the earth, and the Mighty Throne, our Lord and the Lord of everything, Who causes the seed to grow and the date-stone to split and sprout, Who sent down Taurah, Injil, and the Qur'an, I seek refuge in You from the evil of all evil-mongers under Your Control. You are the First and there is nothing before You, and You are the Last, and there is nothing after You. You are the Evident and there is nothing beyond You, and You are the Source and there is no power beside You. Relieve us of our debt and poverty." This is reported by Bukhari.
The Prophet, peace be upon him, also prayed, "Praise be to
Allah Who has fed us and given us to drink, met all our
needs, and given us refuge, while there are many who have
neither anyone to meet their needs nor anyone to provide
them with a refuge." And every night when he retired to
bed he would hold out his hands together imploringly and
blow over them after reciting Surah Al-Ikhlas, Surah Al-Falaq, and Surah An-Nas, and then rub his hands over whichever parts of his body he was able to rub, starting with his head, face, and front of his body. He used to do that three times.
The Prophet, peace be upon him, instructed his Companions
that when they go to bed they should supplicate, "In Your
name, O Lord, I lay me down to sleep. And by Your leave I
raise myself up. So if You take away my soul during sleep,
forgive it, and if You keep it alive after sleep protect it just as You protect Your pious servants."
The Prophet, peace be upon him, once advised his daughter,
Fatimah, "Say subhan-Allah thirty three times,
al-hamdu-lillah, thirty three times, and Allahu akbar, thirty four times." He also commended the recitation of
ayatal-Kursi, the verse of the Throne, Qur'an 2.255 along
with the above supplications, and said that he who does so
will be under the protection of Allah, Who will assign a
protector to protect him.
CONCLUSION: As you can see from these many Hadiths, the Prophet(saw) did not have ONE SPECIFIC SURAT OR DUAA THAT HE RECITED FOR SLEEPING. The Prophet(saw) recited MANY Surats and Duaa's. The Quran can be recited at any time one wants to, and there is no evidence from the Sunnah whereas the Prophet(saw) said only certain Surats can be recited at certain times:
“The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to recite Qur’aan to us in all situations so long as he was not in a state of janaabah.” (Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, al-Tahaarah, 136. al-Tirmidhi said: this hadeeth of ‘Ali is hasan saheeh).
So thus recite any surat of the Quran whenever you want..
AND ALLAH KNOWS BEST
Laila Nasheeba
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