What a Person Should Say When They Lie Down to Sleep
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 64
وَ رَوَى اَلْعَلاَءُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: قَالَ لِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ «إِذَا تَوَسَّدَ اَلرَّجُلُ يَمِينَهُ فَلْيَقُلْ بِسْمِ اَللَّهِ اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْلَمْتُ نَفْسِي إِلَيْكَ وَ وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ وَ فَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ وَ أَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ وَ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَيْكَ رَهْبَةً مِنْكَ وَ رَغْبَةً إِلَيْكَ لاَ مَلْجَأَ وَ لاَ مَنْجَى مِنْكَ إِلاَّ إِلَيْكَ آمَنْتُ بِكِتَابِكَ اَلَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ وَ بِرَسُولِكَ اَلَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ ثُمَّ يُسَبِّحُ تَسْبِيحَ فَاطِمَةَ اَلزَّهْرَاءِ عَلَيْهَا اَلسَّلاَمُ وَ مَنْ أَصَابَهُ فَزَعٌ عِنْدَ مَنَامِهِ فَلْيَقْرَأْ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ، اَلْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ وَ آيَةَ اَلْكُرْسِيِّ.
Al-'Ala reported from Muhammad ibn Muslim that Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام said to me: "When a man places his right side (for sleep), he should say: 'In the Name of Allah سبحانه وتعالى. O’ Allah سبحانه وتعالى, I have submitted my soul to You, turned my face towards You, entrusted my affairs to You, and placed my reliance upon You, in fear of You and in hope of You. There is no refuge and no escape from You except to You. I believe in Your Book, which You have revealed, and in Your Messenger, whom You have sent.' Then he should recite the Tasbih of Sayyida Fatimah Al-Zahra صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم. If someone experiences fear at bedtime, they should recite the two protective chapters (al-Mu'awwidhatayn) and Ayat al-Kursi (The Verse of the Throne)."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh