Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Book 50, Hadith 7
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الأَشَجُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ خَازِمٍ أَبُو بَكْرٍ النَّخَعِيُّ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا الْعَلاَءُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ نَامَ عَلَى شِقِّهِ الأَيْمَنِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ، وَأَسْلَمْتُ نَفْسِي إِلَيْكَ، وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ، رَهْبَةً وَرَغْبَةً إِلَيْكَ، لاَ مَنْجَا وَلاَ مَلْجَأَ مِنْكَ إِلاَّ إِلَيْكَ، آمَنْتُ بِكِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ، وَنَبِيِّكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ، قَالَ: فَمَنْ قَالَهُنَّ فِي لَيْلَةٍ ثُمَّ مَاتَ مَاتَ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abd Allah ibn Sa‘id, Abu Sa‘id al-Ashajj, related to us: Abd Allah ibn Sa‘id ibn Khazim, Abu Bakr al-Nakha‘i, related to us: al-‘Ala’ ibn al-Musayyib informed us, from his father, from al-Bara’ ibn ‘Azib, who said: When the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, went to bed, he would lie on his right side. Then he would say: ‘O Allah, I have turned my face toward You, surrendered myself to You, and entrusted my back to You, in fear of You and longing for You. There is no escape and no refuge from You except with You. I believe in Your Book which You sent down and Your Prophet whom You sent.’ He said: Whoever says these words at night and then dies, dies upon the fitrah.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report ends with fitrah, retaining the Arabic religious term rather than reducing it to “natural state.”