DUA AT BEDTIME AND AT THE TIME OF WAKING UP

Seven in number, the supplicatory prayers at bedtime and at waking are as follows:

First: Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) is reported to have said: Whoever repeats the following doxology three times before going to bed, will be released of his sins as exactly as he was on the day his mother gave birth to him:

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذى عَلا فَقَهَرَ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذى بَطَنَ فَخَبَرَ وَالْحَمْدُلِلَّهِ الَّذى مَلَكَ فَقَدَرَ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذى يُحْيىِ الْمَوْتى وَ يُميتُ الاَْحْيآءَ وَ هُوَ عَلى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَديرٌ

Shaykh al-Saduq has also reported the same tradition.

The author of Uddat al-Da’i has added that Imam al-Sadiq (‘a), having declared this saying, commented, “This is the least praise one may say to the Lord.”

However, according to this narration, the third phrase replaces the second.

Second: Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) has mentioned that whenever the Holy Prophet (s) went to sleep, he would recite Ayah al-Kursi and then say the following statement:

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ آمَنْتُ بِاللّٰهِ وَ كَفَرْتُ بِالطّاغُوتِ اَللّهُمَّ احْفَظْنى فى مَنامى وَ فى يَقَظَتى

Third: Al-Mufazzal ibn ‘Umar reported the following: Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) said to me: If possible, you should not go to bed at night before you pray for the protection of the following eleven items. However, you can use them whenever you wish:

اَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللّٰهِ وَ اَعُوذُ بِقُدْرَةِ اللّٰهِ وَ اَعُوذُ بِجَلالِ اللّٰهِ وَ اَعُوذُ بِسُلْطانِ اللّٰهِ وَ اَعُوذُ بِجَمالِ اللّٰهِ وَ اَعُوذُ بِدَفْعِ اللّٰهِ وَ اَعُوذُ بِمَنْعِ اللّٰهِ وَ اَعُوذُ بِجَمْعِ اللّٰهِ وَ اَعُوذُ بِمُلْكِ اللّٰهِ وَ اَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِ اللّٰهِ وَ اَعُوذُ بِرَسُولِ اللّٰهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ ما خَلَقَ وَ بَرَءَ وَ ذَرَءَ

Fourth: Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) is reported to have said, “Whoever repeats Surah al-Tawhid (No. 112) one hundred times before he goes to sleep, Almighty Allah will forgive him the sins of fifty years.”

Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) is also reported to have said, “Whoever recites Surah al-Kafirun (No. 109) and Surah al-Tawhid before he goes to sleep… etc.”

Fifth: Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) reported the Holy Prophet (s) as saying: Whoever intends to offer any amount of night worship, may say the following words before he goes to sleep. If he does, Almighty Allah will order an angel to awaken him at the very time he intends to wake up:

اَللّهُمَّ لاتُؤْمِنّى مَكْرَكَ وَلاتُنْسِنى ذِكْرَكَ وَلا تَجْعَلْنى مِنَ الْغافِلينَ اَقُومُ ساعَةَ كَذا وَ كَذا

The time at which one intends to wake up may be mentioned now.

Sixth: Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) is reported to have said: When one of you wakes up at night, he may say the following doxology. If he does, Almighty Allah will say, “My servant has said the truth and has thanked Me.”

سُبْحانَ اللّٰهِ رَبِّ النَّبِييّنَ وَ اِلهِ الْمُرْسَلينَ وَ رَبِّ الْمُسْتَضْعَفينَ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذى يُحْيىِ الْمَوْتى وَ هُوَ عَلى كُلِّشَىْءٍ قَديرٌ

Seventh: ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj has reported that Imam al-Sadiq (‘a), whenever he woke up at the last hours of night, would raise his voice with this supplicatory prayer so that the people of his house would hear him:

اَللّهُمَّ اَعِنّى عَلى هَوْلِ الْمُطَّلَعِ وَ وَسِّعْ عَلَىَّ ضيقَ الْمَضْجَعِ وَارْزُقْنى خَيْرَ ما قَبْلَ الْمَوْتِ وَارْزُقْنى خَيْرَ ما بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ