From the etiquettes of going to sleep, we should:
Be in a state of purity: “If you come to your bed, then perform Wudoo’.”
● {صحيح البخاري كتاب الأدعية ٦٣١١، صحيح مسلم كتاب ذكرى الأدعية التوبة ٢٧١٠}
Sleep on our right side:
“…. Then lie down on your right side.”
● {صحيح البخاري كتاب الأدعية ٦٣١١، صحيح مسلم كتاب ذكرى الأدعية التوبة ٢٧١٠}
Place the right hand under the right cheek:
“When he ﷺ went to sleep, he placed his right hand under his right cheek.”
● {صحيح البخاري كتاب الأدعية ٦٣١٤، صحيح مسلم كتاب ذكرى الأدعية التوبة ٥٠٤٥}
Dust the bed:
“When one of you goes to bed, let him dust the bed because he does not know what comes into it before or after him.”
● {صحيح البخاري كتاب الأدعية ٦٣٢٠، صحيح مسلم كتاب ذكرى الأدعية التوبة ٢٧١٤}
Adhkār Before Sleeping:
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : من قرأ بالآيتين من آخر سورة البقرة في ليلة كفتاه.
The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “Whoever recites the last two verses of Sūrah al-Baqarah at night, they will suffice him.”
● [رواه البخاري ومسلم]
Ibn al-Qayyim Raḥimahullāh said: “Suffice him for any evil that may harm him.”
● [الوابل الصيب ١٣٢]
‘Ā`ishah رضي الله عنها reported: “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ would get ready for sleep, he would blow into his hands, recite the two chapters of refuge (Sūrah al-Falaq and Sūrah an-Nās), and he would wipe his hands over his body.”
● [صحيح البخاري ٥٩٦٠، إسناده صحيح]
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