Dua Before Sleeping
بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا
Transliteration: Bismika Allahumma amutu wa ahya.
Translation: In Your name, O Allah, I die and I live.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 6324, 6312
When to recite: When lying down in bed to sleep.
Going to sleep and waking up were both moments of remembrance in the Sunnah. The authentic narrations mention lying on the right side, saying a short dua, reciting Ayat al-Kursi and the tasbih of Fatimah, and thanking Allah on waking.
بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا
Transliteration: Bismika Allahumma amutu wa ahya.
Translation: In Your name, O Allah, I die and I live.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 6324, 6312
When to recite: When lying down in bed to sleep.
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ
Transliteration: Alhamdu lillahil-ladhi ahyana ba'da ma amatana wa ilayhin-nushur.
Translation: All praise is for Allah who gave us life after He had caused us to die, and to Him is the resurrection.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 6324, 6312
When to recite: As soon as you wake up from sleep.
اللَّهُمَّ أَسْلَمْتُ نَفْسِي إِلَيْكَ، وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ، وَوَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ، وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ، رَغْبَةً وَرَهْبَةً إِلَيْكَ، لَا مَلْجَأَ وَلَا مَنْجَا مِنْكَ إِلَّا إِلَيْكَ، آمَنْتُ بِكِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ، وَبِنَبِيِّكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ
Transliteration: Allahumma aslamtu nafsi ilayk, wa fawwadtu amri ilayk, wa wajjahtu wajhi ilayk, wa alja'tu zahri ilayk, raghbatan wa rahbatan ilayk, la malja'a wa la manja minka illa ilayk, amantu bi kitabikal-ladhi anzalt, wa bi nabiyyikal-ladhi arsalt.
Translation: O Allah, I submit myself to You, I entrust my affairs to You, I turn my face to You and I rely completely on You, out of hope in You and fear of You. There is no refuge and no escape from You except to You. I believe in Your Book which You revealed and in Your Prophet whom You sent.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 6313; Sahih Muslim 2710
When to recite: As the last words before falling asleep, after making wudu and lying on your right side.
بِاسْمِكَ رَبِّ وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي، وَبِكَ أَرْفَعُهُ، إِنْ أَمْسَكْتَ نَفْسِي فَارْحَمْهَا، وَإِنْ أَرْسَلْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا بِمَا تَحْفَظُ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ
Transliteration: Bismika Rabbi wada'tu janbi, wa bika arfa'uh, in amsakta nafsi farhamha, wa in arsaltaha fahfazha bima tahfazu bihi 'ibadakas-salihin.
Translation: In Your name, my Lord, I lay down my side, and by You I raise it. If You take my soul, have mercy on it, and if You send it back, protect it as You protect Your righteous servants.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 6320; Sahih Muslim 2714
When to recite: When going to bed, after dusting off the bed.
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ ×٣٣، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ×٣٣، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ ×٣٤
Transliteration: SubhanAllah (33 times), Alhamdulillah (33 times), Allahu Akbar (34 times).
Translation: Glory be to Allah (33 times), all praise is for Allah (33 times), Allah is the Greatest (34 times).
How many times: 33 + 33 + 34
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 6318; Sahih Muslim 2727
When to recite: When going to bed.
Hadith references follow the standard numbering on sunnah.com. Quranic Arabic is the Uthmani text with the Pickthall (1930, public domain) translation; other translations are our own.