The ruling on preserving the recitation of the two testimonies of faith at the time of sleep
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Question:
The questioner Abu Ali says: Honorable Shaykh, regarding the practice of reciting the two testimonies of faith every night before sleep, on the grounds that a believing Muslim who dies in his sleep dies upon the testimony. When the brothers mentioned to him the authentic dhikr (remembrance of Allah) reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he told them that he does not see that all those dhikr take the place of the two testimonies, and that the two testimonies hold a great status, so that whoever dies upon them enters Paradise.
Answer:
I am not aware of any evidence for the prescription of reciting the two testimonies of faith at the time of sleep. Rather, the authentic hadiths state that one should recite Ayat al-Kursi (the Verse of the Throne), sleep on one’s right side, and recite Ayat al-Kursi, Surat al-Ikhlas, and the two chapters of protection (al-Mu’awwidhatan). If one recites the two verses from the end of Surat al-Baqarah[Al-Baqarah 2:285] to the end of the chapter, all of this is a sunnah (recommended practice) and carries great virtue. It serves to protect the Muslim in his sleep from the Shaytan approaching him. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and bless you.
The questioner Abu Ali says: Honorable Shaykh, regarding the practice of reciting the two testimonies of faith every night before sleep, on the grounds that a believing Muslim who dies in his sleep dies upon the testimony. When the brothers mentioned to him the authentic dhikr (remembrance of Allah) reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he told them that he does not see that all those dhikr take the place of the two testimonies, and that the two testimonies hold a great status, so that whoever dies upon them enters Paradise.
Answer:
I am not aware of any evidence for the prescription of reciting the two testimonies of faith at the time of sleep. Rather, the authentic hadiths state that one should recite Ayat al-Kursi (the Verse of the Throne), sleep on one’s right side, and recite Ayat al-Kursi, Surat al-Ikhlas, and the two chapters of protection (al-Mu’awwidhatan). If one recites the two verses from the end of Surat al-Baqarah
The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord
آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِن رَّبِّهِThe presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and bless you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/143 — archive.org (3:16)
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