Sleep & WakeProphet's Duas

Before Sleeping — Bismika Rabbi Wadha'tu Janbi

Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 6320

((بِاسْمِكَرَبِّيوَضَعْتُجَنْبِي،وَبِكَأَرْفَعُهُ،فَإِنأَمْسَكْتَنَفْسِيفارْحَمْهَا،وَإِنْأَرْسَلْتَهَافَاحْفَظْهَا،بِمَاتَحْفَظُبِهِعِبَادَكَالصَّالِحِينَ)).

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Transliteration

Bismika Rabbi wadha'tu janbi, wa bika arfa'uhu. Fa in amsakta nafsi farhamha, wa in arsalta-ha fahfadh-ha bima tahfadh bihi 'ibadaka as-salihin.

Translation

In Your name, my Lord, I lay down my side. In Your name I rise. If You take my soul, have mercy on it. If You return my soul, protect it, just as You protect Your righteous servants.

Context

The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ taught this supplication to his daughter Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) to recite before sleeping. It is a profound acknowledgment of Allah's absolute control over life and death, and a plea for His mercy and protection.

Benefit

Reciting this dua before sleep is a powerful act of reliance on Allah, seeking His mercy for the soul and His protection for the body, acknowledging that our life and death are entirely in His hands.

When to Recite

Upon going to bed, once.

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اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنِي وَسَدِّدْنِي وَاذْكُرْ بِهِدَايَتِكَ سَوَادَ قَلْبِي وَبِتَسْدِيدِكَ جَمِيعَ أَمْرِي

O Allah, guide me and set me aright. Make my heart firm with Your guidance and all my affairs with Your setting aright.

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Dua for Protection from the Evil Eye

اللَّهُمَّ أَذْهِبِ الْبَاسَ، رَبَّ النَّاسِ، اشْفِ أَنْتَ الشَّافِي، لاَ شِفَاءَ إِلاَّ شِفَاؤُكَ، شِفَاءً لاَ يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا

O Allah, remove the harm, Lord of mankind. Heal, for You are the Healer. There is no healing except Your healing, a healing that leaves no illness.

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There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. To Him belongs sovereignty and praise, and He is over all things competent. Glory be to Allah, and praise be to Allah, and there is no god but Allah, and Allah is the greatest. And there is no might nor power except with Allah, the Most High, the Most Great. My Lord, forgive me.