Maintaining the Two Testimonies Before Sleep
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: When a Muslim maintains the Two Testimonies before sleeping every night, on the grounds that if he departs this life in his sleep, he will die upon the testimony that there is no god but Allah?
Answer:
This is a good thing, but what was reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is that the one who wants to sleep should sleep on his right side, and after reciting the Verse of the Throne and the surahs of al-Ikhlas and the two refuges, he should say: O Allah, I have placed my side to You, and I have submitted my self to You, and I have directed my faceSahih Muslim 2710c, Sahih al-Bukhari 6313. If he says this and dies, he will have died upon tawhid (the oneness of Allah) or upon the fitrah (the innate natural disposition). Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: When a Muslim maintains the Two Testimonies before sleeping every night, on the grounds that if he departs this life in his sleep, he will die upon the testimony that there is no god but Allah?
Answer:
This is a good thing, but what was reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is that the one who wants to sleep should sleep on his right side, and after reciting the Verse of the Throne and the surahs of al-Ikhlas and the two refuges, he should say: O Allah, I have placed my side to You, and I have submitted my self to You, and I have directed my face
with hope in Thee and fear of Thee
إليك رغبة ورهبة إليكAmantu bikitabikal-ladhi anzalta; wa nabiyyikalladhi arsalta.
آمنت بكتابك الذي أنزلت وبنبيك الذي أرسلتThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
فتاوى على الهواء 12-01-1436هـ — alfawzan.live (27:34)
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