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ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْمَرْءِ قِرَاءَةُ سُورَةٍ مَعْلُومَةٍ عِنْدَ إِرَادَتِهِ النَّوْمَ

ibnhibban:5543ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > al-Naḍr b. Shumayl > Saʿīd b. Abū Ayyūb > ʿAqīl > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The translation is as follows: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to gather his hands when he wanted to sleep, then blow into them, then recite "Say: He is Allah, (the) One" and "Say: I seek refuge with (the) Lord (of) the daybreak" and "Say: I seek refuge with (the) Lord (of) mankind" Then he would wipe his face, head, and the rest of his body with them." Aqil said, "And I saw Ibn Shihab doing that."  

ابن حبّان:٥٥٤٣أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَقِيلٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ النَّوْمَ جَمَعَ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ نَفَثَ فِيهِمَا ثُمَّ قَرَأَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ ثُمَّ يَمْسَحُ بِهِمَا وَجْهَهُ وَرَأْسَهُ وَسَائِرَ جَسَدِهِ» قَالَ عَقِيلٌ وَرَأَيْتُ ابْنَ شِهَابٍ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ  


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bukhari:5017Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Mufaḍḍal > ʿUqayl > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

Whenever the Prophet ﷺ went to bed every night, he used to cup his hands together and blow over it after reciting Surat Al-Ikhlas, Surat Al-Falaq and Surat An-Nas, and then rub his hands over whatever parts of his body he was able to rub, starting with his head, face and front of his body. He used to do that three times.  

البخاري:٥٠١٧حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُفَضَّلُ عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ جَمَعَ كَفَّيْهِ ثُمَّ نَفَثَ فِيهِمَا فَقَرَأَ فِيهِمَا {قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ} وَ{قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ} وَ{قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ} ثُمَّ يَمْسَحُ بِهِمَا مَا اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ يَبْدَأُ بِهِمَا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَوَجْهِهِ وَمَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ  

abudawud:5056Qutaybah b. Saʿīd And Yazīd b. Khālid b. Mawhab al-Hamdānī > al-Mufaḍḍal / ān Ibn Faḍālah > ʿUqayl > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

Every night when he prophet (May peace be upon him) went to his bed, he joined his hands and breathed into them, reciting into them:”say: he is Allah, One” and say ; I seek refuge in the Lord of the dawn and Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of men. Then he would wipe as much of his body as he could with his hands, beginning with his head, his face and the front of his body, doing that three times.  

أبو داود:٥٠٥٦حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَيَزِيدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُفَضَّلُ يَعْنِيَانِ ابْنَ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ جَمَعَ كَفَّيْهِ ثُمَّ نَفَثَ فِيهِمَا وَقَرَأَ فِيهِمَا { قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ } وَ { قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ } وَ { قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ } ثُمَّ يَمْسَحُ بِهِمَا مَا اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ يَبْدَأُ بِهِمَا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَوَجْهِهِ وَمَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ  

tirmidhi:3402Qutaybah > al-Mufaḍḍal b. Faḍālah > ʿUqayl > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

Every night, when the Prophet ﷺ would go to his bed, he would join his hands, then blow in them, as he recited in them: “Say: He is Allah, the One.” And “Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of Al-Falaq” and “Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind.” Then he would wipe as much as he was able to of his body with them, beginning with them first of his head and face, and the front of his body. He would do this three times.  

الترمذي:٣٤٠٢حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُفَضَّلُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ جَمَعَ كَفَّيْهِ ثُمَّ نَفَثَ فِيهِمَا فَقَرَأَ فِيهِمَا ( قلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ) وَ ( قلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ ) وَ ( قلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ ) ثُمَّ يَمْسَحُ بِهِمَا مَا اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ يَبْدَأُ بِهِمَا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَوَجْهِهِ وَمَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ  

قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ صَحِيحٌ
ahmad:25208Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Saʿīd / Ibn Abū Ayyūb > ʿUqayl > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to gather his hands when he wanted to sleep, then he would blow into them, and recite, "Say: He is Allah, the One," and "Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of the daybreak," and "Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of mankind." Then he would wipe over his face, head, and the rest of his body with his hands. 'Uqail said, "I saw Ibn Shihab doing the same."  

أحمد:٢٥٢٠٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ النَّوْمَ جَمَعَ يَدَيْهِ فَيَنْفُثُ فِيهِمَا ثُمَّ يَقْرَأُ قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ ثُمَّ يَمْسَحُ بِهِمَا وَجْهَهُ وَرَأْسَهُ وَسَائِرَ جَسَدِهِ قَالَ عُقَيْلٌ وَرَأَيْتُ ابْنَ شِهَابٍ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ  

ahmad:24853Yaḥyá b. Ghaylān > al-Mufaḍḍal > ʿUqayl b. Khālid al-Aylī > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah

Every night when he prophet (May peace be upon him) went to his bed, he joined his hands and breathed into them, reciting into them:”say: he is Allah, One” and say ; I seek refuge in the Lord of the dawn and Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of men. Then he would wipe as much of his body as he could with his hands, beginning with his head, his face and the front of his body, doing that three times. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5056)  

أحمد:٢٤٨٥٣حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ غَيْلَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُفَضَّلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْأَيْلِيُّ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَتَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ جَمَعَ كَفَّيْهِ ثُمَّ نَفَثَ فِيهِمَا وَقَرَأَ فِيهِمَا قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ ثُمَّ مَسْحَ بِهِمَا مَا اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ يَبْدَأُ بِهِمَا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَوَجْهِهِ وَمَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ  

ذِكْرُ الْعَدَدِ الَّذِي يُسْتَحَبُّ اسْتِعْمَالُ هَذَا الْفِعْلِ بِهِ

ibnhibban:5544Ibn Qutaybah > Yazīd b. Mawhab > al-Mufaḍḍal b. Faḍālah > ʿAqīl > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

Every night when he prophet (May peace be upon him) went to his bed, he joined his hands and breathed into them, reciting into them:”say: he is Allah, One” and say ; I seek refuge in the Lord of the dawn and Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of men. Then he would wipe as much of his body as he could with his hands, beginning with his head, his face and the front of his body, doing that three times. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5056)   

ابن حبّان:٥٥٤٤أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَوْهَبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْمُفَضَّلُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ عَقِيلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ جَمَعَ كَفَّيْهِ ثُمَّ نَفَثَ فِيهِمَا وَقَرَأَ فِيهِمَا بِ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ ثُمَّ يَسْمَحُ بِهِمَا مَا اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ»  

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السيوطي:٦٧٣-٢١٨b

"عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ جَمَعَ كَفَّيْهِ ثُمَّ نَفَثَ فِيهِمَا، وَقَرَأَ فِيهِمَا {قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ}، وَ {قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الفَلَقِ}، وَ {قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ} وَمَسَحَ بِهِمَا مَا اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ، يَبْدَأُ بِهِمَا عَلَى رَأَسِهِ وَوَجْهِهِ، وَمَا أَقَبَلَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ، يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ".  

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