Hadith #144
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْ
بَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَمَرَ رَجُلًا مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ أَنْ يَقُولَ إِذَا أَخَذَ مَضْجَعَهُ اللَّهُمَّ أَسْلَمْتُ نَفْسِي إِلَيْكَ وَوَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ رَغْبَةً وَرَهْبَةً إِلَيْكَ لَا مَلْجَأَ وَلَا مَنْجَا مِنْكَ إِلَّا إِلَيْكَ آمَنْتُ بِكِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ وَنَبِيِّكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ فَإِنْ مَاتَ مَاتَ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ
Isnad Chain
عفان
English Translation
Wakīʿ narrated to us, from Sufyān, from Abū Isḥāq, from al-Barāʾ ibn ʿĀzib, who said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When you go to your bed, perform wuḍūʾ as you would for prayer, then lie on your right side and say: O Allah, I submit my soul to You, I turn my face to You, I entrust my affairs to You, I lean my back on You, out of hope and fear of You. There is no refuge or escape from You except to You. I believe in Your Book which You revealed and Your Prophet whom You sent. If you die, you die upon the fiṭrah. And make these the last words you say."
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 35, Hadith 144
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 17782
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-54172