What a Person Should Say Upon Waking From Sleep

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ قَالَ بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَحْيَا وَ بِاسْمِكَ أَمُوتُ فَإِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ قَالَ- الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانِي بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنِي‌ وَ إِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ.

Hadith.1387 - When the Messenger of Allah (sw) would go to his bed, he would say: Bismika Allahumma ahya wa bismika amoot "In Your name, O’ Allah (swt), I live, and in Your name, I die." And when he would wake up, he would say: Alhamdulillahi alladhi ahyayani ba‘da ma amatani wa ilayhi an-nushoor "All praise is due to

إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ‌[1] فَلْيَقُلْ- سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ إِلَهِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَ رَبِّ الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي‌ يُحْيِ الْمَوْتى‌ وَ هُوَ عَلى‌ كُلِّ شَيْ‌ءٍ قَدِيرٌ فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا قَالَ ذَلِكَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى صَدَقَ عَبْدِي وَ شَكَرَ.

"When one of you rises (from sleep), let him say: Subhana Allah Rabb an-nabiyyeen wa ilah al-mursaleen wa Rabb al-mustad‘afeen. Wal-hamdu lillahi alladhi yuhyi al-mawta wa Huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadeer. 'Glory be to Allah (swt), the Lord (azj) of the Prophets, the God of the Messengers, and the Lord (azj) of the oppre

وَ رَوَى عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا قَامَ آخِرَ اللَّيْلِ رَفَعَ صَوْتَهُ حَتَّى يَسْمَعَ أَهْلُ الدَّارِ وَ يَقُولُ- اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَى هَوْلِ الْمُطَّلَعِ وَ وَسِّعْ عَلَيَّ الْمَضْجَعَ‌[2] وَ ارْزُقْنِي خَيْرَ مَا قَبْلَ الْمَوْتِ وَ ارْزُقْنِي خَيْرَ مَا بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ.

Hadith.1389 - Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj reports from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) that when he would rise in the last part of the night, he would raise his voice such that the people of the household could hear and say: Allahumma a‘inni ‘ala hawli al-muttala‘, wa wassi‘ ‘alayya al-madja‘, wa urzuqni khayra m

«إِذَا قُمْتَ مِنْ فِرَاشِكَ فَانْظُرْ فِي أُفُقِ اَلسَّمَاءِ وَ قُلِ اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ اَلَّذِي رَدَّ عَلَيَّ رُوحِي أَعْبُدُهُ وَ أَحْمَدُهُ اَللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ لاَ يُوَارِي مِنْكَ لَيْلٌ سَاجٍ وَ لاَ سَمَاءٌ ذَاتُ أَبْرَاجٍ وَ لاَ أَرْضٌ ذَاتُ مِهَادٍ وَ لاَ «كَظُلُمٰاتٍ بَعْضُهٰا فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ» وَ لاَ بَحْرٌ لُجِّيٌّ يُدْلِجُ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اَلْمُدْلِجِ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ تَعْلَمُ «خٰائِنَةَ اَلْأَعْيُنِ وَ مٰا تُخْفِ

Hadith.1390 - In another report from Abu Ja'far (as), He said: "When you rise from your bed, look to the horizon of the sky and say: Alhamdu lillahi alladhi radda ‘alayya roohi, a‘buduhu wa ahmaduhu.Allahumma, innahu laa yuwari minka laylun saajin, wa laa samaa’un dhatu abraaj, wa laa ardun dhatu mihaad, wa laa kaẓulum

لَعَلَّكَ تَرَى أَنَّ الْقَوْمَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَنَامُونَ فَقُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ فَقَالَ لَا بُدَّ لِهَذَا الْبَدَنِ أَنْ تُرِيحَهُ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ نَفْسُهُ فَإِذَا خَرَجَ النَّفْسُ اسْتَرَاحَ الْبَدَنُ وَ رَجَعَتِ الرُّوحُ فِيهِ وَ فِيهِ قُوَّةٌ عَلَى الْعَمَلِ فَإِنَّمَا ذَكَرَهُمْ فَقَالَ- تَتَجافى‌ جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضاجِعِ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ خَوْفاً وَ طَمَعاً أُنْزِلَتْ فِي أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِ

Hadith.1391 - Abu Ubaydah al-Haddha’ reported from Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) regarding the verse of Allah (swt), the Exalted, "Their sides forsake their beds" (Surah As-Sajdah 32:16). Abu Ja’far (as) said: "Perhaps you think that these people did not sleep?" I replied: "Allah (swt) and His Messenger know best