Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Book 50, Hadith 5

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ لَيْثٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ‏:‏ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم لاَ يَنَامُ حَتَّى يَقْرَأَ‏:‏ تَبَارَكَ وَ ‏{‏الم تَنْزِيلُ‏}‏ السَّجْدَةِ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Abu Nu‘aym related to us: Sufyan related to us, from Layth, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir, who said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would not sleep until he recited: ‘Blessed is He’ and ‘Alif Lam Mim. The sending down, the Prostration.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The Arabic identifies the recitations by their opening wording, followed by the title al-Sajdah for the second.