48/116. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 3574 — Bedtime Dua and Wudu
The Supplication At The Time Of Sleep
Bedtime Dua with Wudu and Trust in Allah
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 3574
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 3574
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ وَكِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي الْبَرَاءُ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِذَا أَخَذْتَ مَضْجَعَكَ فَتَوَضَّأْ وُضُوءَكَ لِلصَّلاَةِ ثُمَّ اضْطَجِعْ عَلَى شِقِّكَ الأَيْمَنِ ثُمَّ قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ أَسْلَمْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ رَهْبَةً وَرَغْبَةً إِلَيْكَ لاَ مَلْجَأَ وَلاَ مَنْجَا مِنْكَ إِلاَّ إِلَيْكَ آمَنْتُ بِكِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ وَبِنَبِيِّكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ . فَإِنْ مُتَّ فِي لَيْلَتِكَ مُتَّ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ " . قَالَ فَرَدَّدْتُهُنَّ لأَسْتَذْكِرَهُ فَقُلْتُ آمَنْتُ بِرَسُولِكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ فَقَالَ " قُلْ آمَنْتُ بِنَبِيِّكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ " . قَالَ وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَقَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ وَلاَ نَعْلَمُ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنَ الرِّوَايَاتِ ذُكِرَ الْوُضُوءُ إِلاَّ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ .
Al-Bara' bin 'Azib Narrated from:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “When You Go To Your Bed, Perform The Wudu’ As You Would Perform For Salat. Then Lie On Your Right Side, Then Say: ‘O Allah, I Submit My Face To You, And I Entrust My Affair To You, And I Lay Myself Down Relying Upon You, Hoping In You And Fearing 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 Aslamtu Wajhī Ilaika Wa FawwaḍTu Amrī Ilaika, Wa Alja’Tu ẒAhrī Ilaika, Raghbatan Wa Rahbatan Ilaika, Lā Malja’A Wa Lā Manjā Minka Illā Ilaika, Āmantu Bikitābikalladhī Anzalta Wa Bi-Nabiyykalladhī Arsalt).’ And If You Die That Night, You Shall Die Upon The Fitrah”- Al-Bara’ Said: I Repeated It To Retain It In Memory, “So I Said: ‘I Believe In Your Messenger Whom You Have Sent.’” He Said: “So He (ﷺ) Struck With His Hand Upon My Chest, Then Said: ‘And In Your Prophet Whom You Have Sent.’”
[1] Similar preceded under no. 3394.Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3574In-book reference : Book 48, Hadith 205English translation : Vol. 6, Book 46, Hadith 3574
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 3574
This hadith about bedtime dua gives a clear nightly practice. When going to bed, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم instructed performing wudu like the wudu for prayer, then lying on the right side. The supplication then expresses complete surrender: submitting the face to Allah, entrusting the affair to Him, relying on Him, hoping in Him and fearing Him. It also says there is no refuge or escape from Allah except to Him, and affirms belief in His Book and His Prophet. The hadith ends by saying that if a person dies that night, he dies upon the fitrah. It also shows care in wording, as the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم corrected “Messenger” to “Prophet” in this dua.
What we learn from this hadith
- The hadith teaches wudu before sleeping.
- Sleeping on the right side is mentioned in the instruction.
- The bedtime dua expresses trust, hope, fear, and belief.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم corrected the exact wording of the supplication.
