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246. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS. Thee and in fear of Thee. There is no refuge and no asylum against Thee save in. Thyself. I believe in the Book that Thou hast revealed and in the Prophet whom. Thou hast sent. Then if you die you will die a believer in the true faith. Let these words be your last words at night (Bokhari and Muslim). 1468. Anas relates that when the Holy Prophet went to bed he recited: All praise belongs to Allah who has given us to eat and drink and has fulfilled our designs and has provided us with shelter, when there are so many who have no one to fulfil their designs or to give them shelter (Muslim). 1469. Huzaifah relates that when the Holy Prophet went to bed he would put his right hand under his cheek and supplicate: Allah, shield me against Thy torment on the Day on which Thou wilt raise up Thy servants (Tirmidhi). Abu. Daud relates the same on the authority of Hafsah, adding: He would repeat it three times. 249. . On Supplications. Allah, the Exalted, has said: 329. Your Lord has said: Call on Me: I will respond to you (40. 61). 330. Call upon your Lord in humble entreaty in secret. He loves not those who exceed the bounds (7. 56). 331. When My servants inquire from thee concerning Me, tell them I am close. I respond to the call of the supplicant when he calls on Me (2. 187). 332. Or, Who responds to the afflicted person when he calls upon Him, and removes the affliction (27. 63)? 1470. Nu'man ibn Bashir relates that the Holy Prophet said: Prayer is worship (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi). 1471. Ayesha relates that the Holy Prophet preferred prayers that are comprehensive and discarded others (Abu Daud). 1472. Anas relates that the supplication most often made by the Holy. Prophet was: Lord, bestow upon us the best of this world and the best of the hereafter, and deliver us from the torment of the Fire (Bokhari and Muslim). . Muslim adds: When Anas prayed he made the same supplication, and if he made any other, he included this one in it. 1473. Ibn Mas'ud relates that the Holy Prophet supplicated: Allah, I beseech Thee for guidance, righteousness, chastity and self-sufficience (Muslim). 1474. Tariq ibn Ushaim relates that when a man became a Muslim the. Holy Prophet would instruct him in Prayer and then direct him to supplicate in