48/16. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 3394 — Bedtime Dua upon Fitrah
What Has Been Related About Supplicating When One Goes To His Bed
Bedtime Dua upon Fitrah Hadith
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 3394
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 3394
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ لَهُ " أَلاَ أُعَلِّمُكَ كَلِمَاتٍ تَقُولُهَا إِذَا أَوَيْتَ إِلَى فِرَاشِكَ فَإِنْ مُتَّ مِنْ لَيْلَتِكَ مُتَّ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ وَإِنْ أَصْبَحْتَ أَصْبَحْتَ وَقَدْ أَصَبْتَ خَيْرًا تَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْلَمْتُ نَفْسِي إِلَيْكَ وَوَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ رَغْبَةً وَرَهْبَةً إِلَيْكَ وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ لاَ مَلْجَأَ وَلاَ مَنْجَا مِنْكَ إِلاَّ إِلَيْكَ آمَنْتُ بِكِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ وَبِنَبِيِّكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ " . قَالَ الْبَرَاءُ فَقُلْتُ وَبِرَسُولِكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ . قَالَ فَطَعَنَ بِيَدِهِ فِي صَدْرِي ثُمَّ قَالَ " وَبِنَبِيِّكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ قَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ . وَرَوَاهُ مَنْصُورُ بْنُ الْمُعْتَمِرِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَحْوَهُ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِذَا أَوَيْتَ إِلَى فِرَاشِكَ وَأَنْتَ عَلَى وُضُوءٍ . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ رضى الله عنه .
Al-Bara' bin `Azib narrated that: The Prophet (ﷺ) Said To Him: “Should I Not Teach You Some Words To Say When You Go To Your Bed, So If You Died, You Will Die Upon The Fitrah, And If You Reach The Morning, You Will Reach It In Good? You Say: ‘O Allah, Verily, I Submit Myself To You, And I Turn My Face To You, And I Entrust My Affair To You, Hoping In You And Fearing In You. And I Lay Myself Down Depending Upon You, There Is No Refuge [Nor Escape] From You Except To You. I Believe In Your Book Which You Have Revealed, And In Your Prophet Whom You Have Sent (Allāhumma Innī Aslamtu Nafsī Ilaika Wa Wajjahtu Wajhī Ilaika, Wa FawwaḍTu Amrī Ilaika, Raghbatan Wa Rahbatan Ilaika Wa Alja'Tu ẒAhrī Ilaika, Lā Malja'A [Wa Lā Manjā] Minka Illā Ilaik. Āmantu Bikitābikal-Ladhī Anzalta Wa Binabiyyikal-Ladhī Arsalt).’” Al-Bara' Said: “So I Said: ‘And In Your Messenger Whom You Have Sent.’” He Said: “So He (ﷺ) Struck His Hand Upon My Chest, Then Said: “And In Your Prophet Whom You Have Sent. (Wa Binabiyyikal-Ladhī Arsalt).”
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3394In-book reference : Book 48, Hadith 25English translation : Vol. 6, Book 45, Hadith 3394
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 3394
This hadith about bedtime dua records words the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم taught Al-Bara’ bin Azib. The dua is said when going to bed. It includes submitting oneself to Allah, turning one’s face to Him, entrusting one’s affair to Him, and depending upon Him with hope and fear. It also says there is no refuge or escape from Allah except to Him. The words end with belief in Allah’s revealed Book and in His Prophet whom He sent. The narration also shows that when Al-Bara’ changed the phrase to “Messenger,” the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم corrected him to say “Prophet.” So the hadith teaches both a bedtime supplication and care in preserving the exact taught wording.
What we learn from this hadith
- The dua is taught for when a person goes to bed.
- It includes submission, trust, hope, and fear in Allah.
- It teaches that refuge from Allah is only with Allah.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم corrected the wording to preserve the taught phrase.
