“All praise be to Allah who gave me life after causing me to die...
📌“All praise be to Allah who gave me life after causing me to die, and to Him is the return .”[^10] Note: This is also narrated by al-Saduq in al-Faqih and al-Tabarsi in al-Makarim.[^11] In al-Kafi: In his narration from Muhammad ibn Marwan who said: Abu ‘Abdillah (as) said: “Should I not tell you what the Holy Prophet (S) used to say when retiring to bed?” I said: “Yes.” He said: “He (S) would recite Ayat al-Kursi [^12] and then he would say: بِسْمِ اللٌّهِ.
آمَنْتُ بِاللٌّهِ وَ كَفَرْتُ بِاطَّاغُوتِ. أَللٌّهُمَّ احْفَظْنِي فِي مَنَامِي وَ فِي يَقْظَتِي. “In the name of Allah, I believe in Allah and disbelieve in the false gods. O Allah protect me in my sleep and when I am awake.
”[^13] In al-Makarim: He (S) would frequently rest on a cushion made of skin stuffed with palm fiber and would also sit leaning on it.[^14] Also: If the Noble Prophet (S) saw something scary in his sleep he would (remember Allah and) say: هُوَ اللٌّهُ الَّذِي لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ. “He is Allah – the one who has no partner”.
And when he stood for prayer he would say: أَلْحَمْدُ لِلٌّهِ نُورُ السَّمٌوَاتِ وَ الأَرْضِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلٌّهِ قَـيُّومُ السَّمٌوَاتِ وَ الأَرْضِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلٌّهِ رَبُّ السَّمٌوَاتِ وَ الأَرْضِ وَ مَنْ فِيهِنَّ. أَنْتَ الْحَقُّ وَ قَوْلُكَ الْحَقُّ وَلِقَائُكَ الْحَقُّ وَ الْجَنَّةُ حَقٌّ وَ النَّارُ حَقٌّ وَ السَّاعَةُ حَقٌّ. أَللٌّهُمَّ لَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ وَ عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَ إِلَيْكَ أُنِيبُ وَ بِكَ خَاصَمْتُ وَ إِلَيْكَ حَاكَمْتُ.
فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَ مَا أَخَّرْتُ وَ مَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَ مَا أَعْلَنْتُ. أَنْتَ إِلٌهِي لاَ إِلٌهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ. “All praise is due to Allah, the Light of the heavens and the earth and the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth. All praise is for Allah, the Lord of the heavens and the earth and all therein. You are the Truth and Your words are true, the return to You is true, Paradise is true, Hell is true and the Appointed Time is true. O Allah!
📌To You have I submitted and in You do I believe. In You do I put my trust and to You do I turn. With Your strength do I fight my enemies and from You do I seek justice. Please forgive my sins, of past and present, those I have done in hiding and those done openly. You are my God - there is no god but You - then he would brush his teeth before performing ablution.”[^15] Note: There are some other narrations that will come in the section on supplications if Allah wills.
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