A evening supplication recorded in the Abu Dawud 5069 tradition.
Allahumma inni amsaytu ush-hiduka wa ush-hidu hamalata 'arshika wa mala'ikataka wa jamee'a khalqika, annaka antallahu la ilaha illa anta wahdaka la sharika lak, wa anna Muhammadan 'abduka wa rasooluk
O Allah, I have entered the evening and I call You to witness, and I call the bearers of Your Throne, Your angels, and all Your creation to witness, that You are Allah, there is no god but You alone, You have no partner, and that Muhammad is Your servant and Messenger.
Source: Abu Dawud 5069. Sunan Abi Dawud is one of the six canonical hadith collections; most of its supplication narrations are authentic or hasan.
This belongs to the evening remembrance set. Pair it with the morning version (which has nearly identical wording) so you bracket your day in the same dua, just with the timing word changed.
Sunan Abi Dawud is one of the six canonical hadith collections (Kutub al-Sittah). Imam Abu Dawud as-Sijistani (d. 275 AH) focused on legal and devotional hadith. Most narrations are sound; he noted weak ones explicitly when included. The evening adhkar mirror the morning set, often with only the timing word changed. The Prophet (peace be upon him) was consistent in both — the two windows function as bookends that frame the day in remembrance.
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