Hadith 27703

Chapter 17

باب 17

(17) باب مَا يَقُولُ عِنْدَ النَّوْمِ وَأَخْذِ الْمَضْجَعِ

(17) Chapter: Supplication When Going To Sleep (ID)
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وَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ بَيَانٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، - يَعْنِي الطَّحَّانَ - عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَأْمُرُنَا إِذَا أَخَذْنَا مَضْجَعَنَا أَنْ نَقُولَ . بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ جَرِيرٍ وَقَالَ " مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ دَابَّةٍ أَنْتَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهَا " .

Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to command us that as we go to our bedo, we should utter the words (as mention- ed above) and he also said (these words):
" From the evil of every animal, Thou hast hold upon its forelock (Thou bast full control over it)." (ID)

Reference (ID): Sahih Muslim 2713 b (ID)

In-book reference (ID): Book 48, Hadith 83 (ID)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 35, Hadith 6552 (ID)