1.Al-Ikhlas, al-Falaq and an-Nas, blown into the hands
From the Quranقُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌۢ ۞ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْفَلَقِ مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ وَمِن شَرِّ ٱلنَّفَّـٰثَـٰتِ فِى ٱلْعُقَدِ وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ ۞ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَـٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ مِن شَرِّ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ ٱلْخَنَّاسِ ٱلَّذِى يُوَسْوِسُ فِى صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ
Qul huwa l-lahu aḥadun al-lahu l-ṣamadu lam yalid walam yūlad walam yakun lahu kufuwan aḥadun · Qul aʿūdhu birabbi l-falaqi min sharri mā khalaqa wamin sharri ghāsiqin idhā waqaba wamin sharri l-nafāthāti fī l-ʿuqadi wamin sharri ḥāsidin idhā ḥasada · Qul aʿūdhu birabbi l-nāsi maliki l-nāsi ilāhi l-nāsi min sharri l-waswāsi l-khanāsi alladhī yuwaswisu fī ṣudūri l-nāsi mina l-jinati wal-nāsi
Say, "He is Allāh, [who is] One, Allāh, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, Nor is there to Him any equivalent." · Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak From the evil of that which He created And from the evil of darkness when it settles And from the evil of the blowers in knots And from the evil of an envier when he envies." · Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind, The Sovereign of mankind, The God of mankind, From the evil of the retreating whisperer - Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind - From among the jinn and mankind". (Saheeh International (quran.com); transliteration: quran.com word by word)
Say 3 timesSource: Sahih al-Bukhari 5017 · in Sahih al-BukhariHisn al-Muslim no. 99 Every night when he went to bed, the Prophet ﷺ cupped his hands, blew into them after reciting these three surahs, then wiped his hands over as much of his body as he could, starting with his head, face and the front of his body. He did this three times (Sahih al-Bukhari 5017).
2.Ayat al-Kursi
From the Quranٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُۥ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ ۚ لَّهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَىْءٍ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّا بِمَا شَآءَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۖ وَلَا يَـُٔودُهُۥ حِفْظُهُمَا ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْعَظِيمُ
Al-lahu lā ilāha illā huwa l-ḥayu l-qayūmu lā takhudhuhu sinatun walā nawmun lahu mā fī l-samāwāti wamā fī l-arḍi man dhā alladhī yashfaʿu ʿindahu illā bi-idh'nihi yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wamā khalfahum walā yuḥīṭūna bishayin min ʿil'mihi illā bimā shāa wasiʿa kur'siyyuhu l-samāwāti wal-arḍa walā yaūduhu ḥif'ẓuhumā wahuwa l-ʿaliyu l-ʿaẓīmu
Allāh - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursī extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great. (Saheeh International (quran.com); transliteration: quran.com word by word)
Source: Quran 2:255Hisn al-Muslim no. 100 Whoever recites it on going to bed has a guardian from Allah with him, and no devil comes near him until morning. The Prophet ﷺ confirmed this to Abu Hurayrah. (Sahih al-Bukhari 2311 · in Sahih al-Bukhari)
3.The last two verses of Surah al-Baqarah
From the Quranءَامَنَ ٱلرَّسُولُ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِن رَّبِّهِۦ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۚ كُلٌّ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَمَلَـٰٓئِكَتِهِۦ وَكُتُبِهِۦ وَرُسُلِهِۦ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّن رُّسُلِهِۦ ۚ وَقَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ۖ غُفْرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيْكَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ لَا يُكَلِّفُ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا ۚ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا مَا ٱكْتَسَبَتْ ۗ رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَآ إِن نَّسِينَآ أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَآ إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِۦ ۖ وَٱعْفُ عَنَّا وَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَآ ۚ أَنتَ مَوْلَىٰنَا فَٱنصُرْنَا عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
Āmana l-rasūlu bimā unzila ilayhi min rabbihi wal-mu'minūna kullun āmana bil-lahi wamalāikatihi wakutubihi warusulihi lā nufarriqu bayna aḥadin min rusulihi waqālū samiʿ'nā wa-aṭaʿnā ghuf'rānaka rabbanā wa-ilayka l-maṣīru lā yukallifu l-lahu nafsan illā wus'ʿahā lahā mā kasabat waʿalayhā mā ik'tasabat rabbanā lā tuākhidh'nā in nasīnā aw akhṭanā rabbanā walā taḥmil ʿalaynā iṣ'ran kamā ḥamaltahu ʿalā alladhīna min qablinā rabbanā walā tuḥammil'nā mā lā ṭāqata lanā bihi wa-uʿ'fu ʿannā wa-igh'fir lanā wa-ir'ḥamnā anta mawlānā fa-unṣur'nā ʿalā l-qawmi l-kāfirīna
The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and [so have] the believers. All of them have believed in Allāh and His angels and His books and His messengers, [saying], "We make no distinction between any of His messengers." And they say, "We hear and we obey. [We seek] Your forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the [final] destination." Allāh does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people." (Saheeh International (quran.com); transliteration: quran.com word by word)
Source: Quran 2:285-286Hisn al-Muslim no. 101 The Prophet ﷺ said that whoever recites the last two verses of Surah al-Baqarah at night, they will suffice him. (Sahih al-Bukhari 5009 · in Sahih al-Bukhari)
4.In Your name, my Lord, I lay myself down
Authentic Prophetic duaبِاسْمِكَ رَبِّ وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي، وَبِكَ أَرْفَعُهُ، إِنْ أَمْسَكْتَ نَفْسِي فَارْحَمْهَا، وَإِنْ أَرْسَلْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا بِمَا تَحْفَظُ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ
Bismika Rabbī waḍa`tu janbī, wa bika arfa`uh, in amsakta nafsī farḥamhā, wa in arsaltahā faḥfaẓhā bimā taḥfaẓu bihi `ibādakaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.
In Your name, my Lord, I lay myself down, and by You I rise. If You take my soul, have mercy on it, and if You send it back, protect it as You protect Your righteous servants. (Hisn al-Muslim translation (sunnah.com), adapted to follow the Arabic)
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 6320 · in Sahih al-BukhariHisn al-Muslim no. 102 The Prophet ﷺ said to shake out the bed with the inside of one's waist wrap first, since you do not know what has come onto it, and then to say this (Sahih al-Bukhari 6320). The wording here follows Sahih al-Bukhari.
5.O Allah, You created my soul
Authentic Prophetic duaاللَّهُمَّ خَلَقْتَ نَفْسِي وَأَنْتَ تَوَفَّاهَا لَكَ مَمَاتُهَا وَمَحْيَاهَا إِنْ أَحْيَيْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا وَإِنْ أَمَتَّهَا فَاغْفِرْ لَهَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ
Allāhumma khalaqta nafsī wa anta tawaffāhā, laka mamātuhā wa maḥyāhā, in aḥyaytahā faḥfaẓhā, wa in amattahā faghfir lahā. Allāhumma innī as'aluka ‘l-`āfiyah.
O Allah, You created my soul and You take it back. Its death and its life belong to You. If You keep it alive, protect it, and if You cause it to die, forgive it. O Allah, I ask You for well-being. (Hisn al-Muslim translation (sunnah.com), adapted to follow the Arabic)
Source: Sahih Muslim 2712 · in Sahih MuslimHisn al-Muslim no. 103 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar taught it to be said on going to bed, and said he heard it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ (Sahih Muslim 2712). The wording here follows Sahih Muslim.
6.O Allah, protect me from Your punishment
Authentic Prophetic duaاللَّهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ
Allāhumma qinī `adhābaka yawma tab`athu `ibādak.
O Allah, protect me from Your punishment on the Day You raise Your servants. (Hisn al-Muslim translation (sunnah.com), adapted to follow the Arabic)
Source: Sunan Abi Dawud 5045 · Sahih (al-Albani)Hisn al-Muslim no. 104 The Prophet ﷺ would put his right hand under his cheek and say this. Abu Dawud's text adds "three times"; al-Albani graded the hadith sahih without those words, so no count is given here.
7.In Your name, O Allah, I die and I live
Authentic Prophetic duaبِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا
Bismika Allāhumma amūtu wa aḥyā.
In Your name, O Allah, I die and I live. (Hisn al-Muslim translation (sunnah.com))
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 6324 · in Sahih al-BukhariHisn al-Muslim no. 105 On waking he would say: "Al-ḥamdu lillāhil-ladhī aḥyānā ba`da mā amātanā wa ilayhin-nushūr" (Praise be to Allah who gave us life after He caused us to die, and to Him is the resurrection). Sahih al-Bukhari 6324.
8.Subhanallah 33, Alhamdulillah 33, Allahu akbar 34
Authentic Prophetic duaسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
Subḥānallāh (33 times), al-ḥamdu lillāh (33 times), Allāhu akbar (34 times).
Glory be to Allah (33 times), praise be to Allah (33 times), Allah is the Greatest (34 times). (Hisn al-Muslim translation (sunnah.com), adapted to follow the Arabic)
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 5362 · in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim (2727)Hisn al-Muslim no. 106 When Fatimah asked for a servant, the Prophet ﷺ told her and 'Ali that this, said on going to bed, was better for them than a servant. (Sahih al-Bukhari 5362 · in Sahih al-Bukhari)
9.O Allah, Lord of the heavens and the earth
Authentic Prophetic duaاللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَوَاتِ وَرَبَّ الأَرْضِ وَرَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ رَبَّنَا وَرَبَّ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ فَالِقَ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَى وَمُنْزِلَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَالإِنْجِيلِ وَالْفُرْقَانِ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ أَنْتَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهِ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الأَوَّلُ فَلَيْسَ قَبْلَكَ شَىْءٌ وَأَنْتَ الآخِرُ فَلَيْسَ بَعْدَكَ شَىْءٌ وَأَنْتَ الظَّاهِرُ فَلَيْسَ فَوْقَكَ شَىْءٌ وَأَنْتَ الْبَاطِنُ فَلَيْسَ دُونَكَ شَىْءٌ اقْضِ عَنَّا الدَّيْنَ وَأَغْنِنَا مِنَ الْفَقْرِ
Allāhumma Rabbas-samāwāti wa Rabbal-arḍi wa Rabbal-`Arshil-`Aẓīm, Rabbanā wa Rabba kulli shay', fāliqal-ḥabbi wan-nawā, wa munzilat-Tawrāti wal-Injīli wal-Furqān, a`ūdhu bika min sharri kulli shay'in anta ākhidhun bināṣiyatih. Allāhumma antal-awwalu falaysa qablaka shay', wa antal-ākhiru falaysa ba`daka shay', wa antaẓ-ẓāhiru falaysa fawqaka shay', wa antal-bāṭinu falaysa dūnaka shay', iqḍi `annad-dayna wa aghninā minal-faqr.
O Allah, Lord of the heavens, Lord of the earth and Lord of the Magnificent Throne, our Lord and the Lord of everything, Splitter of the grain and the date-stone, Revealer of the Torah, the Injil and the Furqan, I seek refuge in You from the evil of everything You hold by its forelock. O Allah, You are the First, there is nothing before You; You are the Last, there is nothing after You; You are the Manifest, there is nothing above You; You are the Hidden, there is nothing beyond You. Settle our debts for us and free us from poverty. (Hisn al-Muslim translation (sunnah.com), adapted to follow the Arabic)
Source: Sahih Muslim 2713 · in Sahih MuslimHisn al-Muslim no. 107 Said lying on the right side (Sahih Muslim 2713). Hisn al-Muslim's wording adds "the seven" after "the heavens"; the text here follows Sahih Muslim.
10.Praise be to Allah, who fed us
Authentic Prophetic duaالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنَا وَسَقَانَا وَكَفَانَا وَآوَانَا فَكَمْ مِمَّنْ لاَ كَافِيَ لَهُ وَلاَ مُئْوِيَ
Al-ḥamdu lillāhil-ladhī aṭ`amanā wa saqānā wa kafānā wa āwānā, fakam mimman lā kāfiya lahu wa lā mu'wī.
Praise be to Allah, who fed us, gave us drink, sufficed us and sheltered us; for how many have no one to suffice them and no one to shelter them. (Hisn al-Muslim translation (sunnah.com), adapted to follow the Arabic)
Source: Sahih Muslim 2715 · in Sahih MuslimHisn al-Muslim no. 108 11.O Allah, Knower of the unseen and the seen
Authentic Prophetic duaاللَّهُمَّ عَالِمَ الغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ، رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي، وَمِنْ شَرِّ الشَّيْطانِ وَشَرَكِهِ، وَأَنْ أَقْتَرِفَ عَلَى نَفْسِي سُوءاً، أَوْ أَجُرَّهُ إِلَى مُسْلِمٍ
Allāhumma `ālimal-ghaybi wash-shahādah, fāṭiras-samāwāti wal-arḍ, Rabba kulli shay'in wa malīkah, ash-hadu an lā ilāha illā ant, a`ūdhu bika min sharri nafsī, wa min sharrish-shayṭāni wa sharakih, wa an aqtarifa `alā nafsī sū'an, aw ajurrahu ilā Muslim.
O Allah, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Lord and Sovereign of everything, I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but You. I seek refuge in You from the evil of my soul and from the evil of Satan and his snares, and from bringing evil upon myself or causing it to reach a Muslim. (Hisn al-Muslim translation (sunnah.com), adapted to follow the Arabic)
Source: Sunan Abi Dawud 5067 · Sahih (al-Albani)Hisn al-Muslim no. 85 The Prophet ﷺ taught it to Abu Bakr to say in the morning, in the evening and when going to bed (Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3392). The last line ("and from bringing evil upon myself...") is from Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3529.
12.O Allah, I submit myself to You
Authentic Prophetic duaاللَّهُمَّ أَسْلَمْتُ نَفْسِي إِلَيْكَ، وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ، وَوَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ، وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ، رَغْبَةً وَرَهْبَةً إِلَيْكَ، لاَ مَلْجَأَ وَلاَ مَنْجَا مِنْكَ إِلاَّ إِلَيْكَ، آمَنْتُ بِكِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ، وَبِنَبِيِّكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ
Allāhumma aslamtu nafsī ilayk, wa fawwaḍtu amrī ilayk, wa wajjahtu wajhī ilayk, wa alja'tu ẓahrī ilayk, raghbatan wa rahbatan ilayk, lā malja'a wa lā manjā minka illā ilayk, āmantu bikitābikal-ladhī anzalt, wa bi-nabiyyikal-ladhī arsalt.
O Allah, I submit myself to You, entrust my affairs to You, turn my face to You and rest my back on You, in hope of You and in awe of You. There is no refuge and no escape from You except to You. I believe in Your Book which You revealed, and in Your Prophet whom You sent. (Hisn al-Muslim translation (sunnah.com), adapted to follow the Arabic)
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 6313 · in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim (2710)Hisn al-Muslim no. 111 The Prophet ﷺ told al-Bara' ibn 'Azib to make these the last words he said before sleeping, and that if he died that night he would die upon Islam. When al-Bara' repeated it as "Your Messenger whom You sent", the Prophet ﷺ corrected him: "Your Prophet whom You sent". (Sahih al-Bukhari 6311 · in Sahih al-Bukhari)