Dua 1
بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا
Bismika Allāhumma amūtu wa aḥyā
In Your name, O Allah, I die and I live.
Sahih al-Bukhari 6324
Dua before sleeping, the night dua and bedtime sunnah.
The night dua most people learn first is Bismika Allahumma amutu wa ahya, said as you lie down. The Prophet ﷺ also taught a longer dua for night time, to be the last words you say before sleep, and a set of sunnah acts for bedtime.
Dua 23 times
اللَّهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ
Allāhumma qinī ʿadhābaka yawma tabʿathu ʿibādak
O Allah, protect me from Your punishment on the Day You raise Your servants. (Said three times, lying on the right side.)
Sunan Abi Dawud 5045, graded hasan
Dua 3: The last words at night
اللَّهُمَّ أَسْلَمْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ، وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ، وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ، رَغْبَةً وَرَهْبَةً إِلَيْكَ، لَا مَلْجَأَ وَلَا مَنْجَا مِنْكَ إِلَّا إِلَيْكَ، اللَّهُمَّ آمَنْتُ بِكِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ، وَبِنَبِيِّكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ
Allāhumma aslamtu wajhī ilayk, wa fawwaḍtu amrī ilayk, wa aljaʾtu ẓahrī ilayk, raghbatan wa rahbatan ilayk, lā maljaʾa wa lā manjā minka illā ilayk. Allāhumma āmantu bi-kitābikal-ladhī anzalt, wa bi-nabiyyikal-ladhī arsalt
O Allah, I submit my face to You, entrust my affairs to You and rest my back on You, in hope and in awe of You. There is no refuge and no escape from You except to You. O Allah, I believe in Your Book which You revealed and in Your Prophet whom You sent. (Make these your last words before sleep.)
Sahih al-Bukhari 247
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Guide
When and how to say it.
The night dua most people learn first is Bismika Allahumma amutu wa ahya, said as you lie down. The Prophet ﷺ also taught a longer dua for night time, to be the last words you say before sleep, and a set of sunnah acts for bedtime.
Make wudu, lie on your right side with your right hand under your cheek, recite Ayat al-Kursi, blow into your hands after reciting Al-Ikhlas, Al-Falaq and An-Nas and wipe them over your body three times, then say Subhanallah 33 times, Alhamdulillah 33 times and Allahu akbar 34 times.1
The Prophet ﷺ told al-Bara ibn Azib that if he said Dua 3 and died that night, he would die upon the fitrah, so make it the last thing you say.2 If you wake in the night, the dua for waking at night is on the waking up page.
- Sahih al-Bukhari 5017, 6311; Sahih Muslim 2727.
- Sahih al-Bukhari 247.
- Sahih al-Bukhari 6324
- Sunan Abi Dawud 5045, graded hasan
- Sahih al-Bukhari 247
Questions
Good to know.
What is the night dua before sleeping?
Bismika Allahumma amutu wa ahya, and the longer dua Allahumma aslamtu wajhi ilayk... which the Prophet ﷺ said to make your last words at night (Bukhari 247).
What is the shortest dua before sleeping?
Bismika Allahumma amutu wa ahya: "In Your name, O Allah, I die and I live" (Bukhari 6324).
What surahs should I read before sleeping?
Ayat al-Kursi, the last two ayat of Al-Baqarah, Al-Mulk, and Al-Ikhlas, Al-Falaq and An-Nas three times each.
Do I need wudu before sleeping?
It is sunnah, not required.