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28. Remembrance before sleeping
(99)
‘When retiring to his bed every night, the Prophet
would hold his palms together, spit
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in them, recite
the last three chapters
65
of the Qur‘a>n and then wipe
over his entire body as much as possible with his
hands, beginning with his head and face and then all
parts of the body, he would do this three times.’
(100)
The Prophet
also said: ‘When you are about to
sleep recite A<yat-ul-Kursi>
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till the end of the A<yat
for there will remain over you a protection from
Alla>h and no devil will draw near to you until
morning.’
(101)
The Prophet
also said: ‘Whoever recites the last
two A<ya>t of su>rah al-Baqarah at night, those two
A<ya>t shall be sufficient for him
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:’
[al-Baqarah: 285-286]
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64 A form of spitting comprising mainly of air with little spittle.
65 Su>rah’s al-Ikhla>s}, al-Falaq and an-Na>s.
66 The A<yah of the foot-stool, Su>rah Baqarah 255.
67 i.e., protect him from all that can cause him harm.