Chapter 60

Remembrance 3 from Chapter 60

What to say when one intends to sleep and is lying in bed

Arabic
Arabic text from the source edition
Romanisation

Subḥāna-llāh, al-ḥamdu li-llāh, Allāhu akbar.

Context

And we relate from the Ṣaḥīḥs of al-Bukhārī and Muslim from ‘Alī Honorific symbol who said that the Messenger of Allah Honorific symbol told him and Fāṭimah: “When you retire to bed or go to sleep, say Allah is greater thirty-three times, Glory be to Allah thirty-three times, and Praise be to Allah thirty-three times.” According to another report he said: “And make tasbīḥ thirty-four times” and in another “And make takbīr thirty-four times.” ‘Alī Honorific symbol said: “I have never missed it since the time I heard it from the Messenger of Allah Honorific symbol.” “Not even on the night before the battle of Ṣiffīn?” he was asked. “Not even on the night of Ṣiffīn,” he replied. [3].

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References
[3] Al-Bukhārī (6318), Muslim (2727), and Abū Dāwūd (2988).

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