Dua before sleeping has countless virtues and countless fruits, and it suffices that it is a type of worship, that Supplication is all worship, as the Messenger, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said: {Supplication is worship} [Narrated by Al-Tirmidhi and authenticated by Al-Albani].
As the Almighty says, one of the most critical indicators of arrogance regarding devotion is:
{وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِي سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ}
Dua before sleeping
It is included that the evidence for reliance on God is Supplication because the Supplication is in a state of seeking God’s help, delegating his affair to God alone with no partner.
Also, Supplication is obedience to God Almighty and in response to His command. The Almighty said:
{وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ}
Supplication is a powerful weapon that Muslims use to bring good and repel harm. He said:
{Whoever among you has opened the door of Supplication, the gates of mercy are opened to him, and God is not asked for something that is given more beloved to him than being asked for wellness. Supplication benefits from what has been sent down and what has not been revealed, so the servants of God should pray.}
Dua before sleeping is a great weapon
Dua before sleeping, The use of this weapon by the prophets in the most challenging situations they were exposed to during the days of the Islamic call.
And the evidence are that the Prophet during the Battle of Badr when he looked at the polytheists.
He was one thousand and his three hundred and nineteen companions, faced the qiblah and then raised his hands saying:
(يا نبي الله، كفاك منشدتك ربك، فإنه سينجز لك ما وعدك)
If this gang of the people of Islam perishes, you will not be worshiped on earth.” He continued to chant the Supplication, stretching out his hands, facing the direction of the qiblah, until his cloak fell off. What has he promised you) [Narrated by Muslim].
The Prophet of God, Ayoub, peace be upon him, used the weapon of Dua before sleeping.
It was the most potent weapon of the prophets.
After all, kinds of calamities descended upon him, and people were cut off from him.
And no one would be left to sympathize with him except his wife, and he was patient in all of that.
{وَأيُوبَ إذ نَادى رَبَهُ أنّي مَسَنِىَ الضُرُ وَأنتَ أرحَمُ الرّاحِمِينَ (83) فَاستَجَبنَا لَهُ فَكَشَفنَا مَا بِهِ مِن ضُرٍّ} [الأنبياء:84،83].
Examples of dua before sleeping
Oh, Allah, I deliver myself to you, and my face to you, and I asked me to come to you.
Oh Allah, in your name, I die and live.
“Reciting the last two verses of Surat Al-Baqarah is sufficient for everything.”
He said the takbeer thirty-three when entering the bed, glorified Allah thirty-three, and praised Allah thirty-three.
When you come to your bed and perform your ablution for prayer, then lie down on your right side, and say:
O Allah, I surrender myself to Him and save myself. I entrusted my command to you and turned my back to you out of desire and dread for you. Die on fitnah, and make it the last thing you say.
Praise be to Allah, who fed us, gave us drink, sufficed us, and sheltered us, for how many of them are neither sufficient nor sheltered.
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