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abudawud:5045Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Abān > ʿĀṣim > Maʿbad b. Khālid > Sawāʾ

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted to go to sleep, he put his right hand under his cheek and would then say three times: O Allah, guard me from Thy punishment on the day when Thou raisest up Thy servants.  

أبو داود:٥٠٤٥حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ سَوَاءٍ

عَنْ حَفْصَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْقُدَ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى تَحْتَ خَدِّهِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ ثَلاَثَ مِرَارٍ  


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ibnmajah:3877ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Wakīʿ > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > Abū ʿUbaydah > ʿAbdullāh

that whenever the Prophet ﷺ went to bed, he would put his right hand underneath his cheek and then say, "O Allah, save me from Your punishment on the Day when You resurrect" or "gather Your slaves."  

ابن ماجة:٣٨٧٧حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ يَعْنِي الْيُمْنَى تَحْتَ خَدِّهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: «اللَّهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ» أَوْ «تَجْمَعُ عِبَادَكَ۔»  

ahmad:4226Wakīʿ > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > Abū ʿUbaydah > ʿAbdullāh

whenever the Prophet (saas) went to his bed, he would put his hand - meaning his right hand - beneath his cheek then say: "Allahumma qini 'adhabaka yawm tab'athu - [or: tajma'u] - 'ibadaka (O Allah, save me from Your punishment on the Day when You resurrect - or gather - Your slaves)." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3877)   

أحمد:٤٢٢٦حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ تَحْتَ خَدِّهِ وَقَالَ اللهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ  

ahmad:18552Abū Dāwud al-Ḥafarī > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > al-Barāʾ

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to place his hand on his forehead when he slept and say, "Oh Allah, protect me from Your punishment on the Day You resurrect Your servants."  

أحمد:١٨٥٥٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الْحَفَرِيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا نَامَ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى خَدِّهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ  

ahmad:18660Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd al-Anṣārī > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

whenever the Prophet (saas) went to his bed, he would put his hand - meaning his right hand - beneath his cheek then say: "Allahumma qini 'adhabaka yawm tab'athu - [or: tajma'u] - 'ibadaka (O Allah, save me from Your punishment on the Day when You resurrect - or gather - Your slaves)." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3877)   

أحمد:١٨٦٦٠حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا نَامَ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى تَحْتَ خَدِّهِ وَقَالَ اللهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ  

ahmad:18672Wakīʿ > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > al-Barāʾ

that whenever the Prophet ﷺ went to bed, he would put his right hand underneath his cheek and then say, "O Allah, save me from Your punishment on the Day when You resurrect Your slaves." or "gather Your slaves."  

أحمد:١٨٦٧٢حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى تَحْتَ خَدِّهِ وَقَالَ «اللهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ۔» أَوْ «تَجْمَعُ عِبَادَكَ۔»  

ahmad:18696Isḥāq b. Yūsuf > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāqaʿan al-Barāʾ

[Machine] The translation of the passage into English is:

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to place his right hand under his cheek when he slept, and he would say, 'O Allah, protect me from Your punishment on the Day You resurrect Your servants.'"  

أحمد:١٨٦٩٦حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَعَنِ الْبَرَاءِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَضَعُ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى تَحْتَ خَدِّهِ عِنْدَ مَنَامِهِ وَيَقُولُ اللهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ  

ahmad:26462Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿĀṣim b. Abū al-Najūd > Sawāʾ al-Khuzāʿī

[Machine] Narrated by Hafsa, the daughter of Umar and the wife of the Prophet ﷺ : She said, "Whenever the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went to bed, he would place his right hand under his cheek and say, 'O Lord, protect me from Your punishment on the Day You resurrect Your servants three times.'"  

أحمد:٢٦٤٦٢حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ عَنْ سَوَاءٍ الْخُزَاعِيِّ

عَنْ حَفْصَةَ ابْنَةِ عُمَرَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى تَحْتَ خَدِّهِ وَقَالَ رَبِّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ ثَلَاثًا  

ahmad:26465ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Abān / Ibn Yazīd al-ʿAṭṭār > ʿĀṣim > Maʿbad b. Khālid > Sawāʾ al-Khuzāʿiyyiʿan Ḥafṣah Āb.ah ʿUmar

[Machine] The translation of the passage is as follows: "Whenever the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted to sleep, he would place his right hand under his right cheek and say, 'O Allah, protect me from your punishment on the day you resurrect your servants three times.' His right hand was used for eating and drinking, and his left hand was used for all other needs."  

أحمد:٢٦٤٦٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ يَزِيدَ الْعَطَّارَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ سَوَاءٍ الْخُزَاعِيِّعَنْ حَفْصَةَ ابْنَةِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْقُدَ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى تَحْتَ خَدِّهِ الْأَيْمَنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ وَكَانَتْ يَدُهُ الْيُمْنَى لِطَعَامِهِ وَشَرَابِهِ وَكَانَتْ يَدُهُ الْيُسْرَى لِسَائِرِ حَاجَتِهِ  

ذِكْرُ مَا يَقُولُ الْمَرْءُ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى مَضْجَعِهِ يُرِيدُ النَّوْمَ

ibnhibban:5522Ḥāmid b. Muḥammad b. Shuʿayb al-Balkhī > Manṣūr b. Abū Muzāḥim > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Abū Isḥāq > al-Barāʾ

[Machine] The translation of the given Arabic text is: The Messenger of Allahﷺ used to place his right hand under his right cheek when he lay down, and then he would say, "O Allah, protect me from Your punishment on the Day when You resurrect Your servants."  

ابن حبّان:٥٥٢٢أَخْبَرَنَا حَامِدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ الْبَلْخِيُّ قَال حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ أَبِي مُزَاحِمٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَخَذَ مَضْجَعَهُ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى تَحْتَ خَدِّهِ الأَيْمَنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ لَمْ يَسْمَعْهُ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ

ibnhibban:5523Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > ʿUqbah b. Mukram > Yūnus b. Bukayr > Yūnus b. ʿAmr from my father > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

[Machine] From the Messenger of Allahﷺ that when he lay down to sleep, he would place his right hand under his right cheek and say, "O Allah, protect me from Your punishment on the day You resurrect Your servants."  

ابن حبّان:٥٥٢٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو قَالَ قَالَ أَبِي وَحَدَّثَنِي الْبَرَاءُ بْنُ عَازِبٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا اضْطَجَعَ لِيَنَامَ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى تَحْتَ خَدِّهِ الْأَيْمَنِ وَقَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ»  

tabarani:19791Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. ʿUqbah > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī al-Ḥulwānī > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Abān b. Yazīd > ʿĀṣim > Maʿbad b. Khālid > Sawāʾ > Ḥafṣah b. ʿUmar

[Machine] The translation of the passage is: "The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , used to place his right hand under his right cheek when he wanted to sleep, then he would say, 'O Allah, protect me from Your torment on the Day You resurrect Your slaves.'"  

الطبراني:١٩٧٩١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْحُلْوَانِيُّ قَالَ ثنا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ ثنا أَبَانُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ ثنا عَاصِمٌ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ سَوَاءٍ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْقُدَ يَضَعُ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى تَحْتَ خَدِّهِ الْأَيْمَنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ»  

nasai-kubra:10521Ibrāhīm b. Yūsuf > al-Ashjaʿī > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > al-Barāʾ

whenever the Prophet (saas) went to his bed, he would put his hand - meaning his right hand - beneath his cheek then say: "Allahumma qini 'adhabaka yawm tab'athu - [or: tajma'u] - 'ibadaka (O Allah, save me from Your punishment on the Day when You resurrect - or gather - Your slaves)." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3877)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٥٢١أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْأَشْجَعِيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى تَحْتَ خَدِّهِ الْأَيْمَنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ»  

nasai-kubra:10529ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muḥammad > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿĀṣim b. Abū al-Najūd > Sawāʾ al-Khuzāʿī > Ḥafṣah b. ʿUmar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , used to put his right hand under his cheek whenever he laid on his bed and say, "O Lord, protect me from Your punishment on the day You resurrect Your servants," three times.  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٥٢٩أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ عَنْ سَوَاءٍ الْخُزَاعِيِّ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ عُمَرَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى تَحْتَ خَدِّهِ وَقَالَ «رَبِّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ» ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ  

nasai-kubra:10530Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad b. ʿAbd al-Wārith > Abān > ʿĀṣim > Maʿbad b. Khālid > Sawāʾ > Ḥafṣah b. ʿUmar

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted to go to sleep, he put his right hand under his cheek and would then say three times: O Allah, guard me from Thy punishment on the day when Thou raisest up Thy servants. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5045)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٥٣٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ سَوَاءٍ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ الرَّسُولَ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْقُدَ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى تَحْتَ خَدِّهِ الْأَيْمَنِ وَقَالَ «اللهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ» ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ  

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" عَنْ أنَسٍ: أنَّ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ اليُمْنَى تَحْتَ خَدِّهِ الأيْمَنِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: رَبِّ قِنِى عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ ".  

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