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Before sleeping

Arabic wording, a reading aid, and its cited source.

Prophetic du‘a
بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا

Bismika Allahumma amutu wa ahya.

English meaning

In Your name, O Allah, I die and I live.

English meaning: editorial rendering

Sahih al-Bukhari 6324 ↗

Sahih · recorded in Sahih al-Bukhari

This is one reported bedtime supplication; it is not the full collection of bedtime adhkar.

Context & reflection

Hudhayfah reported that the Prophet ﷺ said this when going to bed.

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