A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Usman Bin Isa, from Khalid Bin Najeeh who said, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws saying: ‘Whenever you retire to your bed, so say, بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِيَ الْأَيْمَنَ لِلَّهِ عَلَى مِلَّةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفاً لِلَّهِ مُسْلِماً وَ مَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ ‘In the Name of Allah -azwj !
I place my right side (on the bed) for the Sake of Allah -azwj , upon the Nation of Ibrahim -as the upright for the Sake of Allah -azwj , a Muslim, and I am not from the Polytheists’.
[23] عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ تَقُولُ إِذَا أَرَدْتَ النَّوْمَ Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from one of his companions, raising it, ‘He -asws said: ‘You should be saying whenever you intend to sleep, اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ أَمْسَكْتَ نَفْسِي فَارْحَمْهَا وَ إِنْ أَرْسَلْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا . ‘O Allah -azwj !
If You -azwj are to Withhold my soul so be Merciful to it, and if You -azwj are to Send it (back to me), so Protect it’’.
[24] Supplication for waking up at certain time at Night: عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) مَنْ أَرَادَ شَيْئاً مِنْ قِيَامِ اللَّيْلِ وَ أَخَذَ مَضْجَعَهُ فَلْيَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ لَا تُؤْمِنِّي مَكْرَكَ وَ لَا تُنْسِنِي ذِكْرَكَ وَ لَا تَجْعَلْنِي مِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ أَقُومُ سَاعَةَ كَذَا وَ كَذَا إِلَّا وَكَّلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِهِ مَلَكاً يُنَبِّهُهُ تِلْكَ السَّاعَةَ .
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘The Prophet -saww said: ‘The one who wants anything from standing at night, and he takes to his bed, so let him say, ‘In the Name of Allah -azwj ! O Allah -azwj ! Do not Let me feels safe from Your -azwj Plan, nor Let me forget Your -azwj Mention, and do not Make me to be from the neglectful ones.
I want to arise at such and such a time’, except that Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic would Allocate and Angel with him who would wake him up at that very time’.