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ahmad:26465 – ʿAbd 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:٢٦٤٦٥ – حَدَّثَنَا 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  

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
abudawud:5045 – Mūsá 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:٥٠٤٥ – حَدَّثَنَا 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  

ذِكْرُ مَا يَقُولُ الْمَرْءُ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى مَضْجَعِهِ يُرِيدُ النَّوْمَ

ibnhibban:5522 – Ḥāmid 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:٥٥٢٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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:5523 – Aḥmad 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:٥٥٢٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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:19791 – Muḥammad 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:١٩٧٩١ – حَدَّثَنَا 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:10530 – Muḥammad 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:١٠٥٣٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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