5 sunnah on sleeping by the prophet mohammad

5 sunnah on sleeping by the prophet mohammad

Five Sunnah acts at bedtime:

What surah did the prophet recite before sleeping?

What did prophet mohammad do before going to sleep?

Sleep is one of the most important blessings of Allah Almighty. That is why Allah Almighty mentioned sleep in the Holy Quran as follows:

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتَا۔ (النبا:4)

Translation:

“And We made your sleep a means of interruption of work”.

This means that a person stops all his work and finds peace and comfort through sleep, and relieves his fatigue throughout the day.

 5 sunnah on sleeping by the prophet mohammad

Why not achieve this sleep according to the method of our Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). When we arrange our sleep according to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allaah, then this sleep will surely become even more blessed for us.

Five essential actions before going to bed:

1 -  It was narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:

When you go to bed to sleep, recite Surah Al-Fatihah and Surah Al-Ikhlas (saying, “He is Allah, the One”), and you will be safe from everything except death.

2 -  It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Sariyah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to recite the Mussabbahat before going to sleep and would say that there is a verse in them that is better than a thousand verses.

What are the Musbahat? (مسبحات)

Musbahat means those Surahs that begin with the word Sabbah “ سَبَّحَ” (Glory be to Allah).

And these seven Surahs are:

1-Surah Bani Israel,

2-Surah Al-Hadid,

3-Surah Al-Hashr,

4-Surah Al-Saff,

5-Surah Jumu’ah,

6-Surah At-Taghabun

7-Surah Al-A’la.

The narrators of the hadith say that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) would recite some verses from these Surahs, but not the entire Surahs.

3 - Hazrat Nawfal (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to me:

(قُلْ يَأَيُّهَا الكَفِرُونَ), recite the entire Surah and then go to sleep, for this is absolution from polytheism.

4 - It is narrated from Hazrat Sayyiduna Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Whoever recites this three times when going to bed:

اَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ الَّذِي لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَالْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ وَاَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ

Translation:

 “I seek forgiveness from Allah, besides whom there is no god but He, the Living, the Self-Subsisting. And to Him I turn”.

Benefit:

 Allah Almighty forgives his sins even if they are equal to the foam of the sea, even if they are equal to the leaves of trees, even if they are equal to the grains of sand of dunes, even if they are equal to the days of the world.

5 -   The last four verses of Surah Al-Kahf.

اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَ عَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَنّٰتُ الْفِرْدَوْسِ نُزُلًا(107)خٰلِدِیْنَ فِیْهَا لَا یَبْغُوْنَ عَنْهَا حِوَلًا(108) قُلْ لَّوْ كَانَ الْبَحْرُ مِدَادًا لِّكَلِمٰتِ رَبِّیْ لَنَفِدَ الْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ اَنْ تَنْفَدَ كَلِمٰتُ رَبِّیْ وَ لَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِهٖ مَدَدًا(109) قُلْ اِنَّمَاۤ اَنَا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ یُوْحٰۤى اِلَیَّ اَنَّمَاۤ اِلٰهُكُمْ اِلٰهٌ وَّاحِدٌۚ-فَمَنْ كَانَ یَرْجُوْا لِقَآءَ رَبِّهٖ فَلْیَعْمَلْ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا وَّ لَا یُشْرِكْ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهٖۤ اَحَدًا(110)   

 Source: Five Surahs