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The night handed over — sunna remembrances before sleep, through bad dreams, and into waking.
Sleep is the nightly handover: you put down the day and trust the night to Someone awake. The Prophet ﷺ went to bed with words — a short dua of dying and living, tasbih counted on fingertips, the opening of Ayat al-Kursi, a surah of protection. The Arabic is copied byte-for-byte from Niyat's reviewed dua library; each card links to the full page with its source in Bukhari, Muslim, or the Quran, plus transliteration and audio where available. Nothing here needs to be memorised in one night — start with one dua and let the rest settle in over time.
بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا
Bismika Allahumma amootu wa ahyaa
In Your name, O Allah, I die and I live.
Said as you settle into bed — the night handed to Allah in the same words by which He gives life and death (Sahih al-Bukhari 6324).
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ (ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ)، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ (ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ)، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ (أَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ)
Subhanallah (33x), Alhamdu lillah (33x), Allahu Akbar (34x)
Glory be to Allah (33 times), all praise is due to Allah (33 times), Allah is the Greatest (34 times).
SubhanAllah 33, Alhamdulillah 33, Allahu Akbar 34 — the counsel the Prophet ﷺ gave his daughter Fatimah: better than a servant, and easier than a sleepless night.
اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ
Allahu la ilaha illa huwal hayyul qayyumu la ta'khudhuhu sinatun wa la nawm
Allah - there is no god but He, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer. Neither drowsiness nor sleep overtakes Him. (Excerpt from Ayat al-Kursi)
The opening of Ayat al-Kursi; in the narration, whoever recites it before sleep is guarded and no shaytan comes near until morning.
تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
Tabarakal-ladhi biyadihil mulku wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadeer
Blessed is He in whose hand is dominion, and He is over all things competent.
The first verse of the surah of sovereignty. Reciting Surah Al-Mulk before sleep is a reported sunna of protection through the night.
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي
Allahumma innaka 'afuwwun tuhibbul 'afwa fa'fu 'anni
O Allah, You are the Pardoner, You love to pardon, so pardon me.
A short pardon-dua said before sleeping and on any night — a treasure of the nights of Ramadan in particular.
أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
A'udhu billahi minash-shaytanir-rajeem
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. (Practice: spit lightly to the left side 3 times, recite this refuge 3 times, then turn over to the other side from the side one was sleeping on.)
Not a recitation for bed but a response: spit lightly to the left, seek refuge in Allah, do not retell the dream, and turn to the other side.
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ
Alhamdu lillahil-ladhi ahyana ba'da ma amatana wa ilayhin-nushur
All praise is due to Allah who gave us life after causing us to die, and to Him is the resurrection.
The first sentence of the new day — thanks for life restored, and the recognition that resurrection belongs to the same One.
أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ
A'udhu bi kalimatillahit-tammati min sharri ma khalaq
I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created.
Said whenever you halt somewhere for the night — a guest room, a campsite, a car park — asking refuge in Allah's perfect words from every harm He created.
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Open the day the sunna way — waking, remembrance, refuge, and the door-step trust.
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Open the library →The sunna combines the short dua Bismika Allahumma amutu wa ahya (Sahih al-Bukhari 6324), the 33/33/34 tasbih, the opening of Ayat al-Kursi, and Surah Al-Mulk. Each one is linked in the cards above.
Ayat al-Kursi. In Sahih al-Bukhari, the Prophet ﷺ said whoever recites it at night is guarded by Allah, and no shaytan approaches him until morning.
Spit lightly to the left three times, seek refuge in Allah from shaytan and from the evil of what was seen, do not narrate the dream to anyone, and change your sleeping side (Sahih Muslim 2262).