A sleep supplication from the Sunnah, narrated in Sahih al-Bukhari.
Bismika Allahumma amootu wa ahyaa
In Your name, O Allah, I die and I live.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 6324. This narration appears in Sahih al-Bukhari — the most rigorously authenticated hadith collection in Sunni Islam.
Say this dua as the last thing on your tongue before sleep. The Companions noticed how the Prophet (peace be upon him) anchored his nights in dhikr, and this is one of the simplest forms.
Sahih al-Bukhari is considered the most authentic collection of hadith after the Quran. Imam al-Bukhari (d. 256 AH) spent sixteen years selecting the roughly 7,000 narrations in this collection from over 600,000 he had examined, applying strict criteria to chain authenticity. The Prophet (peace be upon him) treated sleep as a small death — the soul is returned at night and given back in the morning. The supplications before sleep are about handing yourself over deliberately, and waking with gratitude that you were returned.
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