Qaylah bint Makhramah, when she had taken her place in bed after the late evening prayer, would say: In the name of Allah, and upon Allah I rely. I have laid my side down for my Lord, and I ask His forgiveness for my sin. She would say this repeatedly, then she would say: I seek refuge in Allah and in His perfect words, which neither a righteous person nor a wicked person can overstep, from the evil of what descends from the heaven and what ascends into it, from the evil of what descends into the earth and the evil of what comes out from it, from the evil of the trials of the day and the evil of those that come by night, except one that comes with good. I believe in Allah and hold fast to Him. Praise be to Allah, to whose power every thing has submitted; praise be to Allah, before whose might every thing has humbled itself; praise be to Allah, before whose greatness every thing has lowered itself; and praise be to Allah, before whose dominion every thing has bowed in humility. O Allah, I ask You by the bonds of might from Your Throne, by the utmost mercy from Your Book, by Your highest majesty, by Your greatest Name, and by Your perfect words, which neither a righteous person nor a wicked person can overstep, that You look upon us with a merciful look, leaving no sin of ours except that You forgive it, no poverty except that You mend it, no enemy except that You destroy him, no unclothed person except that You clothe him, no debt except that You settle it, and no matter in which there is benefit for us in this world and the Hereafter except that You grant it to us, O Most Merciful of the merciful. I believe in Allah and hold fast to Him.

Then she would say: Glory be to Allah thirty-three times, Allah is greater thirty-three times, and praise be to Allah thirty-four times. Then she would say: O my daughter, this is the chief concluding practice: the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to him seeking a servant from him, and he said: "Shall I not direct you to something better than a servant?" She said, "Yes." So he instructed her to say these hundred at the time of lying down after the late evening prayer.

أَنَّ قَيْلَةَ بِنْتَ مَخْرَمَةَ كَانَتْ إِذَا أَخَذَتْ حَظَّهَا مِنَ الْمَضْجَعِ بَعْدَ الْعَتَمَةِ، قَالَتْ: بِسْمِ اللهِ وَأَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَى اللهِ، وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي لِرَبِّي وَأَسْتَغْفِرْهُ لِذَنْبِي، حَتَّى تَقُولَهَا مِرَارًا، ثُمَّ تَقُولَ: أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ وَبِكَلِمَاتِهِ التَّامَّاتِ الَّتِي لَا يُجَاوِزُهُنَّ بَرٌّ وَلَا فَاجِرٌ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ فِيهَا، وَشَرِّ مَا يَنْزِلُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَشَرِّ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا، وَشَرِّ فِتَنِ النَّهَارِ وَشَرِّ طَوَارِقِ اللَّيْلِ إِلَّا طَارِقًا يَطْرُقُ بِخَيْرٍ، آمَنْتُ بِاللهِ وَاعْتَصَمْتُ بِهِ، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي اسْتَسْلَمَ لِقُدْرَتِهِ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهُ الَّذِي ذَلَّ لِعِزَّتِهِ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي تَوَاضَعَ لِعَظَمَتِهِ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي خَشَعَ لِمُلْكِهِ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ، اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِمَعَاقِدِ الْعِزِّ مِنْ عَرْشِكَ وَمُنْتَهَى الرَّحْمَةِ مِنْ كِتَابِكَ وَجَدِّكَ الْأَعْلَى وَاسْمِكَ الْأَكْبَرِ وَكَلِمَاتِكَ التَّامَّاتِ الَّتِي لَا يُجَاوِزُهُنَّ بَرٌّ وَلَا فَاجِرٌ، أَنْ تَنْظُرَ إِلَيْنَا نَظْرَةً مَرْحُومَةً لَا تَدَعْ لَنَا ذَنْبًا إِلَّا غَفَرْتَهُ، وَلَا فَقْرًا إِلَا جَبَرْتَهُ، وَلَا عَدُوًّا إِلَا أَهْلَكْتَهُ، وَلَا عُرْيَانًا إِلَا كَسَوْتَهُ، وَلَا دَيْنًا إِلَا قَضَيْتَهُ، وَلَا أَمْرًا لَنَا فِيهِ صَلَاحٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ إِلَا أَنْطَيْتَنَاهُ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ، آمَنْتُ بِاللهِ وَاعْتَصَمْتُ بِهِ.

ثُمَّ تَقُولَ: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ، وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ أَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ، ثُمَّ تَقُولَ: يَا بِنْتِي، هَذِهِ رَأْسُ الْخَاتِمَةِ؛ أَنَّ بِنْتَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَتَتْهُ تَسْتَخْدِمُهُ، فَقَالَ: «أَلَا أَدُلُّكِ عَلَى خَيْرٍ مِنْ خَادِمٍ؟» قَالَتْ: بَلَى، فَأَمَرَهَا بِهَذِهِ الْمِائَةِ عِنْدَ الْمَضْجَعِ بَعْدَ الْعَتَمَةِ.