Supplications For Sleeping Time
While going to sleep recite some Duas for a peaceful sleep.
Dua 1
اٰمَنَ الرَّسُوۡلُ بِمَاۤ اُنۡزِلَ اِلَیۡہِ مِنۡ رَّبِّہٖ وَ الۡمُؤۡمِنُوۡنَ ؕ کُلٌّ اٰمَنَ بِاللّٰہِ وَ مَلٰٓئِکَتِہٖ وَ کُتُبِہٖ وَ رُسُلِہٖ ۟ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَیۡنَ اَحَدٍ مِّنۡ رُّسُلِہٖ ۟ وَ قَالُوۡا سَمِعۡنَا وَ اَطَعۡنَا ٭۫ غُفۡرَانَکَ رَبَّنَا وَ اِلَیۡکَ الۡمَصِیۡرُ ﴿۲۸۵﴾ لَا یُکَلِّفُ اللّٰہُ نَفۡسًا اِلَّا وُسۡعَہَا ؕ لَہَا مَا کَسَبَتۡ وَ عَلَیۡہَا مَا اکۡتَسَبَتۡ ؕ رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذۡنَاۤ اِنۡ نَّسِیۡنَاۤ اَوۡ اَخۡطَاۡنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَ لَا تَحۡمِلۡ عَلَیۡنَاۤ اِصۡرًا کَمَا حَمَلۡتَہٗ عَلَی الَّذِیۡنَ مِنۡ قَبۡلِنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَ لَا تُحَمِّلۡنَا مَا لَا طَاقَۃَ لَنَا بِہٖ ۚ وَ اعۡفُ عَنَّا ٝ وَ اغۡفِرۡ لَنَا ٝ وَ ارۡحَمۡنَا ٝ اَنۡتَ مَوۡلٰىنَا فَانۡصُرۡنَا عَلَی الۡقَوۡمِ الۡکٰفِرِیۡنَ ﴿۲۸۶
Translation
The Messenger believes in what has been send down to him from his Lord, and so do the believers. Each one believes in Allah, His Angels, His Books, and His Messengers. They say: “”We make no distinction between any of His Messengers,”” and they say: “”We hear, and we obey. (We seek) Your Forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the return.”” Allah burdens not a person beyond what he can bear. He gets reward for that (good) which he has earned, and he is punished for that (evil) which he has earned. Our Lord! Punish us not if we forget or fall into error. Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden like that which You did lay on those before us. Our Lord! Put not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Pardon us and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. You are our Protector, and help us against the disbelieving people.
Reference: Al-Baqarah 2:285-6. These two Verses will be sufficient for anyone who recites them at night before sleeping. Al-Bukhari, cf. Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari.9/94, Muslim 1/554.
Dua 2
Lie on your right side and place your right hand under your right cheek and recite this prayer:
اللّٰھُمَّ بِاسْمِکَ اَمُوْتُ وَاَحْیَا
Translation
In Your Name , O Allah , I die and I live.
Reference: Here, dying and living are metaphors for sleep and wakefulness. This explains why the normal order of these words has been reversed in this Hadith. In other contexts the living is mentioned before dying. See Qur’an Al-Baqarah 2:258, Aal-‘Imrdn 3:156, Al-A’raf 7:158 among many other examples, (trans.). See also Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari 11/113, Muslim 4/ 2083.
Dua 3
اَللّٰھُمَّ اِنَّکَ خَلَقْتَ نَفْسِیْ وَاَنْتَ تَوَفَّاھَا، لَکَ مَمَاتُھَا وَمَحْیَاھَا اِنْ اَحْیَیْتَھَا فَاحْفَظْھَا وَاِنْ اَمَتَّھَا فَاغْفِرْلَھَا، اَللّٰھُمَّ اِنِّیْٓ اَسْئَلُکَ الْعَافِیَۃَ
Translation
O Allah, You have created my soul and You take it back. Unto You is its death and its life . If You give it life then protect it , and if You cause it to die then forgive it. O Allah, I ask You for strength.
Reference: Muslim 4/2083 and Ahmad 2/79.
Dua 4
اَللّٰھُمَّ اَسْلَمْتُ نَفْسِیْٓ اِلَیْکَ وَفَوَّضْتُ اَمْرِیْٓ اِلَیْکَ وَوَجَّھْتُ وَجْھِیْ اِلَیْکَ وَاَلْجَاتُ ظَھْرِیْ اِلَیْکَ، رَغْبَۃً وَّرَھْبَۃً اِلَیْکَ لَا مَلْجَاَ وَلَا مَنْجَاَ مِنْکَ اِلَّآ اِلَیْکَ اٰمَنْتُ بِکِتَابِکَ الَّذِیْٓ اَنْزَلْتَ وَبِنَبِیِّکَ الَّذِیْٓ اَرْسَلْتَ
Translation
O Allah,1 I submit myself to You, entrust my affairs to You, turn my face to You, and lay myself down depending upon You , hoping in You and fearing You . There is no refuge , and no escape, except to You. I believe in Your Book (the Qur’an) that You revealed, and the Prophet whom You sent.
Reference: 1 “”Before you go to bed perform ablutions as you would for prayer, then lie down on your right side and say. . . “” The Prophet (SAW) said: “”Whoever says this and dies in his sleep, has died in a state of the natural monotheism (Fitrah).”” Al-Bukhari, cf. Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari 11/113, Muslim 4/2081.
