Chapter on the Manner of Prayer, Explanation of the Fifty-One Rak‘ahs; The Order, Recitation, Tasbih in Bowing and Prostration, Qunut, and What is Obligatory and Recommended Therein

Al-‘Ala’ narrated from Muhammad ibn Muslim, who said: Abu Ja‘far عليه السلام said to me: “When a man lies down on his right side, let him say: ‘In the Name of Allah سبحانه وتعالى. O Allah سبحانه وتعالى, I submit my soul to You عز وجل, and I turn my face to You عز وجل, and I entrust my affairs to You عز وجل, and I rely upon You عز وجل. I seek refuge in You عز وجل out of fear of You عز وجل and longing toward You عز وجل. There is no refuge and no escape from You عز وجل except to You عز وجل. I believe in Your عز وجل Book which You عز وجل have revealed, and in Your عز وجل Messenger صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم whom You have sent.’ Then let him recite the Tasbih of (Sayyidah) Fatimah al-Zahra صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, peace be upon her. And whoever experiences fear or disturbance at the time of sleep, let him recite, when he goes to his bed, the two Surahs of seeking refuge (‘al-Mu‘awwidhatayn’) and ‘Ayat al-Kursi’.”