In Your Name, O Allah, I Die and I Live — At Bedtime

This supplication is said when intending to sleep.

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Arabic

بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا

Transliteration

Bismika Allahumma amootu wa ahyaa

Meaning

In Your name, O Allah, I die and I live.

Virtue of This Dhikr & Related Hadith

When the Prophet ﷺ intended to sleep, he would say: “In Your name, O Allah, I die and I live.” When he woke from his sleep, he would say: “Praise be to Allah who gave us life after causing us to die, and to Him is the resurrection.”

Sahih al-Bukhari · 6324 — dorar.net
Sahih al-Bukhari · 6324 — sunnah.com

Sources

Sahih al-Bukhari 6324

الدرر السنية

Hudhayfah

Open source https://dorar.net/h/jsYGsTXi

Sahih al-Bukhari 6324

Sunnah.com

Hudhayfah

Open source https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6324

This Dhikr Is In

Dua Before Sleeping