Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3402
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُفَضَّلُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ جَمَعَ كَفَّيْهِ ثُمَّ نَفَثَ فِيهِمَا فَقَرَأَ فِيهِمَا : ( قلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ) وَ : ( قلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ ) وَ : ( قلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ ) ثُمَّ يَمْسَحُ بِهِمَا مَا اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ يَبْدَأُ بِهِمَا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَوَجْهِهِ وَمَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ . قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Qutaybah narrated to us: al-Mufaddal ibn Fadalah narrated to us, from ‘Uqayl, from Ibn Shihab, from ‘Urwah, from ‘A’ishah, that every night when the Prophet went to bed, he would bring his palms together, blow into them, and recite into them, “Say: He is Allah, One” (112:1), “Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak” (113:1), and “Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind” (114:1). Then he would wipe as much of his body as he could with them, beginning with his head, face, and the front of his body. He would do this three times. He said: This hadith is hasan gharib sahih.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report describes reciting the three short surahs into cupped palms, blowing into them, and wiping the body, beginning with the head, face, and front of the body.