Gardens of the Righteous — Page 245
RIYADH AS-SALIHIN 245. Recite the sura Al-Ikhlas and the two chapters following it three times, morning and evening, and they will suffice thee in all respects (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi). 1462. Uthman ibn Affan relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who recites three times every morning and every evening: In the name of Allah, with. Whose name there is protection against every kind of harm in the earth and in the heaven, and He is the All-Hearing, All-Knowing; will not be harmed by anything (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi). 248. . On the Supplication on Retiring. Allah, the Exalted, has said: 328. In the creation of the heavens and the earth and in the alternation of the night and the day there are indeed signs for people of understanding who remember Allah, standing, sitting and lying on their sides and ponder over the creation of the heavens and the earth (3. 191-192). 1463. This hadith is a part of No. 1451. 1464. Ali relates that the Holy Prophet said to Fatimah and him: When you go to bed proclaim Allah's Greatness thirty-three times and His Holiness thirty-three times and praise Him thirty-three times. One version has Greatness thirty-four times, and another has Holiness thirty-four times. (Bokhari and. Muslim). 1465. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: When one of you goes to bed he should sweep the mattress with a piece of cloth for he knows not what might have fallen on it after he left it, and should supplicate: With Thy name, Lord, have I reclined my side and with Thy name shall I raise it. If Thou shouldst detain my spirit then have mercy on it, and if Thou shouldst restore it then guard it against that against which Thou dost guard Thy righteous servants (Bokhari and Muslim). 1466. Ayesha relates that when the Holy Prophet came to bed he would cup his hands and blow upon his palms and recite the last two chapters of the. Quran and then pass his hands over his body (Bokhari and Muslim). Another version is: He would cup his hands and blow upon them and recite the last three chapters of the Quran into them and then pass them over his body beginning with his head and face and continuing over the front of his body. He did this three times. 1467. Bra'a ibn 'Azib relates that the Holy Prophet said to him: When you go to bed make your ablutions as for Prayer then lie on your right side and recite: Allah, I commit my soul to Thee and turn my attention to Thee and commit my affairs to Thee, and rest my back towards Thee, yearning for