Ruling on the regular performance of two rak'ahs before sleep with al-Fatihah
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Q275: The questioner asks: What is the ruling on regularly performing two rak'ahs before sleep, reciting in them Surat al-Fatihah and some short surahs? Is that permissible or a religious innovation?
A275: What is transmitted regarding the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) concerning the practices recommended before sleep is to sleep in a state of ritual purity and to perform wudu' before sleeping,
and to sleep on one's right side, to recite Ayat al-Kursi and the two verses at the end of Surat al-Baqarah, and to make du'a' with the supplications transmitted from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), which are numerous and comprehensive. As for praying before sleep and committing to it, I do not know any basis for it in the Prophetic Sunnah.
A275: What is transmitted regarding the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) concerning the practices recommended before sleep is to sleep in a state of ritual purity and to perform wudu' before sleeping,
and to sleep on one's right side, to recite Ayat al-Kursi and the two verses at the end of Surat al-Baqarah, and to make du'a' with the supplications transmitted from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), which are numerous and comprehensive. As for praying before sleep and committing to it, I do not know any basis for it in the Prophetic Sunnah.
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