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Dua before sleeping — Surah Al-Ikhlas, Surah Al-Falaq, and Surah An-Nas
When retiring to his ﷺ bed every night, the Prophet ﷺ would hold his palms together, dry spit (A form of spitting comprising mainly of air with little spittle) in them, recite the last three chapters (Al-Ikhlas, Al-Falaq, An-Nas) of the Quran 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.
Qur’anic verse
بِسْـمِ اللَّـهِ الـرَّحْـمَنِ الرَّحِـيمِ
قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ * ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ * لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ * وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌۢ
بِسْـمِ اللَّـهِ الـرَّحْـمَنِ الرَّحِـيمِ
قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْفَلَقِ * مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ * وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ * وَمِن شَرِّ ٱلنَّفَّـٰثَـٰتِ فِى ٱلْعُقَدِ * وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ
بِسْـمِ اللَّـهِ الـرَّحْـمَنِ الرَّحِـيمِ
قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ * مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ * إِلَـٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ * مِن شَرِّ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ ٱلْخَنَّاسِ * ٱلَّذِى يُوَسْوِسُ فِى صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ * مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ
112. Surah Al-Ikhlas
Bismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm.
Qul huwa llāhu aḥad. Allāhu ṣ-ṣamad. Lam yalid wa lam yūlad. Wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan aḥad.
113. Surah Al-Falaq
Bismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm.
Qul a‘ūdhu bi-rabbi l-falaq. Min šarri mā khalaq. Wa min šarri ghāsiqin idhā waqab. Wa min šarri n-naffāthāti fi l-‘uqad. Wa min šarri ḥāsidin idhā ḥasad.
114. Surah An-Nas
Bismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm.
Qul a‘ūdhu bi-rabbi n-nās. Maliki n-nās. Ilāhi n-nās. Min šarri l-waswāsi l-khannās. Alladhī yuwaswisu fī ṣudūri n-nās. Mina l-jinnati wa n-nās.
Translation
112. Surah Al-Ikhlas
In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful
Say, "He is Allāh, [who is] One, * Allāh, the Eternal Refuge, * He neither begets nor is born, * Nor is there to Him any equivalent."
113. Surah Al-Falaq
In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful
Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak, * From the evil of that which He created, * And from the evil of darkness when it settles, * And from the evil of the blowers in knots * And from the evil of an envier when he envies."
114. Surah An-Nas
In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful
Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind, * The Sovereign of mankind, * The God of mankind, * From the evil of the retreating whisperer,
* Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind, * From among the jinn and mankind."
When to recite
When retiring to your bed every night
Source / Reference
Hisnul Muslim 95