Hadith #271
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَن أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ يَقُولُ أَوْصَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلًا إِذَا أَخَذَ مَضْجَعَهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ اللَّهُمَّ أَسْلَمْتُ نَفْسِي إِلَيْكَ وَوَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ رَغْبَةً وَرَهْبَةً إِلَيْكَ لَا مَلْجَأَ وَلَا مَنْجَا مِنْكَ إِلَّا إِلَيْكَ آمَنْتُ بِك
ِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ وَبِنَبِيِّكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ فَإِنْ مَاتَ مَاتَ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ وَأَخْبَرَنِي عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَن الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ بِمِثْلِ ذَلِكَ
Isnad Chain
عبد الرحمن وابن جعفر
شعبة
أبي إسحاق
البراء بن عازب
English Translation
Wakīʿ narrated from Sufyān, from ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUmayr, and Manṣūr — from Rabʿī ibn Ḥirāsh, from al-Barāʾ ibn ʿĀzib, who said: 'the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When you come to your bed, perform ablution as your ablution for prayer, then lie on your right side and say: 'O Allah, I have submitted myself to You, and I have turned my face to You, and I have entrusted my affair to You, and I have placed my back [in reliance] upon You, in hope of You and fear of You. There is no refuge or escape from You except to You. I believe in Your Book which You have revealed and in Your Prophet whom You have sent.' If you die, you die upon goodness." Sufyān said: whoever wants may narrate this before it — meaning Abū Isḥāq's chain from al-Barāʾ.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 35, Hadith 271
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 17909
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-54299