“I accompanied Shaddad bin Aws [may Allah be pleased with him] on a journey, so he said: ‘Should I not teach you what the Messenger of Allah used to teach us? That you say: “O Allah, I ask You for steadfastness in the affair and I ask You for determination upon guidance, and I ask You to make me grateful for Your favor, and excellence in worshiping You, and I ask You for a truthful tongue and a sound heart, and I seek refuge in You from the evil of what You know, and I ask You for the good of what You know, and I seek Your forgiveness for that which You know. Verily, You are the Knower of all that is hidden (Allāhumma innī as’alukath-thabāta fil-amri, wa as’aluka ʿazīmatar-rushdi, wa as’aluka shukra niʿmatika, wa ḥusna ʿibādatika, wa as’aluka lisānan ṣādiqan wa qalban salīman, wa aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā taʿlamu, wa as’aluka min khairi mā taʿlamu, wa astaghfiruka mimmā taʿlamu innaka anta ʿallāmul-ghuyūb).’” He said: ‘The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “There is no Muslim who lays down to sleep while reciting a Surat from Allah’s Book, except that Allah entrusts an angel, so that nothing approaches him to harm him until he awakens, whenever he awakens.” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3407)
أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكُمْ مَا كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُعَلِّمُنَا «اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الثَّبَاتَ فِي الْأَمْرِ وَالْعَزِيمَةَ عَلَى الرُّشْدِ وَأَسْأَلُكَ شُكْرَ نِعْمَتِكَ وَحُسْنَ عِبَادَتِكَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ قَلْبًا سَلِيمًا وَلِسَانًا صَادِقًا وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا تَعْلَمُ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا تَعْلَمُ وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا تَعْلَمُ» قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ مُسْلِمٍ يَقْرَأُ سُورَةً مِنْ كِتَابِ اللهِ عِنْدَ نَوْمِهِ إِلَّا وَكَّلَ اللهُ بِهِ مَلَكًا لَا يَقْرَبُهُ شَيْءٌ حَتَّى يَهَبَّ مَتَى يَهَبُّ»