Chapter 60
Remembrance 7 from Chapter 60
What to say when one intends to sleep and is lying in bed
Arabic
Romanisation
Allāhumma qīnī ‘adhābaka yawma tab‘athu ‘ibādak.
Context
We relate in the Sunan of Abū Dāwūd that Ḥafṣah 
, the Mother of the Believers, reported that when the Messenger of Allah 
was about to lie down he put his right hand under his cheek, then said: “O Allah, save me from Your punishment on the day that You resurrect Your slaves.” He said this thrice. [12].At-Tirmidhī narrated this from Ḥudhayfah from the Prophet , and described this hadith as ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ. He also narrated a version from al-Barā’ ibn ‘Āzib which did not mention “thrice”.
References
[12] Abū Dāwūd (5040), at-Tirmidhī (3395), and Ibn Mājah (2873). Ibn Ḥajar grades it as ḥasan.