Al-Kafi · Hadith 10

The Book of Supplication · Prayer Before Sleeping and After Waking Up · Volume 2, book 2, chapter 49, Hadith 10

Original Arabic text

10ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ نَجِيحٍ قَالَ كَانَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) يَقُولُ إِذَا أَوَيْتَ إِلَى فِرَاشِكَ فَقُلْ بِسْمِ الله وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِيَ الأيْمَنَ لله عَلَى مِلَّةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفاً لله مُسْلِماً وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ.

Published English translation

10. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from Khalid ibn Najih who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘Whenever you are about to sleep in your bed say, “In the name of Allah, I have placed my right side (for Allah) according to the Millah (tradition and culture) of Ibrahim, submitted to the will of Allah and I am not of the pagans.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مجهول

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/305)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: Catalogue non-inclusion note (not an authenticity grade)

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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