Al-Kafi · Hadith 11

The Book of Supplication · Prayer Before Sleeping and After Waking Up · Volume 2, book 2, chapter 49, Hadith 11

Original Arabic text

11ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ جَرَّاحٍ الْمَدَائِنِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلْيَقُلْ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّ النَّبِيِّينَ وَإِلَهِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَرَبِّ الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ وَالْحَمْدُ لله الَّذِي يُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدِيرٌ يَقُولُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ صَدَقَ عَبْدِي وَشَكَرَ.

Published English translation

11. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from al-Husayn ibn Sa’Id from al-Nadr ibn Suwayd from al-Qasim ibn Sulayman from Jarrah al-Mada’Ini from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “When one of you wakes up during the night and says, ‘Allah is free of defects, the Lord of the prophets, the Holy Being of the Messengers and the Lord of the suppressed people (‘ A’immah from the family of the Holy Prophet) all praise belongs to Allah, Who gives life to the dead and He has power over all things,’ Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, will say, “My servant has spoken the truth and has thanked Me.’”

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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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