Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 5057
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْحَّرَّانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ، عَنْ بَحِيرٍ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي بِلاَلٍ، عَنْ عِرْبَاضِ بْنِ سَارِيَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَقْرَأُ الْمُسَبِّحَاتِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَرْقُدَ وَقَالَ " إِنَّ فِيهِنَّ آيَةً أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَلْفِ آيَةٍ " .
Translation
Muammal ibn al-Fadl al-Harrani narrated to us: Baqiyyah narrated to us, from Buhayr, from Khalid ibn Madan, from Ibn Abi Bilal, from Irbad ibn Sariyah: Before lying down, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite the chapters that begin with glorification, and he said: Among them is a verse better than a thousand verses.