Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 5056

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، وَيَزِيدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُفَضَّلُ، - يَعْنِيَانِ ابْنَ فَضَالَةَ - عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، رضى الله عنها أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ جَمَعَ كَفَّيْهِ ثُمَّ نَفَثَ فِيهِمَا وَقَرَأَ فِيهِمَا ‏‏{‏ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ‏}‏ وَ ‏‏{‏ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ ‏}‏ وَ ‏‏{‏ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ ‏}‏ ثُمَّ يَمْسَحُ بِهِمَا مَا اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ يَبْدَأُ بِهِمَا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَوَجْهِهِ وَمَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ ‏.‏

Translation

Qutaybah ibn Said and Yazid ibn Khalid ibn Mawhab al-Hamdani narrated to us: al-Mufaddal—meaning Ibn Fadalah—narrated to us, from Uqayl, from Ibn Shihab, from Urwah, from Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her: Every night, when the Prophet ﷺ went to bed, he would cup his palms together, blow into them, and recite into them: Say, He is Allah, One; Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of Daybreak; and Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of Mankind. Then he would wipe as much of his body as he could with them, beginning with his head and face and the front of his body. He did this three times.