Prayer for Health and Safety in Sleep, to Be Protected from Various Disturbances

Dream - Reading a prayer before sleep as an effort for someone to avoid danger and satanic disturbances while asleep. When sleeping, the body is in a weak condition, making it easier for jinn and demons to disturb.

Especially after a day of activities, the body feels tired and the mind needs to rest. Reading a prayer before sleep also aims to ask for health and safety in sleep from Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala.

Diseases can come at any time, even when someone is sleeping. Therefore, it is necessary to pray for health and safety in sleep. Check out the complete prayer reading below as reported from various sources.

Reasons to Read a Prayer Before Sleep

There are reasons that we need to know behind the recommendation to read a prayer when going to sleep. A hadith from Abu Hurairah radhiyallahu 'anhu, the Prophet Muhammad SAW said:

"When one of you comes to his bed, let him wipe his bed with his garment, because he does not know what happened after he left it, then say:

'Bismika Rabbi wadha‘tu janbi wa bika arfa’uh in amsakta nafsii farhamha, wa in arsaltaha, fah fadz-ha, bima tahfadz-hu bihi ’ibaadakas-shaalihiin'." (HR. Bukhari)

Not only a mere reading, reading a prayer before sleep indicates a request to Allah that we are always under His protection until we wake up again.

According to the explanation of Imam Bukhari in his Sahih, if at night when we sleep then die, while before sleeping we have read a prayer, then we will die in a state of fitrah. And if we are still awake in the morning, then we will get rewards.

Prayer for Health and Safety in Sleep

Praying for health and safety should be done every day, including after performing obligatory prayers and before going to sleep at night.

Prayer for health and safety in sleep should be read every day so that Allah always protects us while we are asleep. Diseases from viruses, bacteria, or fungi can occur while we are sleeping.

In order to avoid other diseases and dangers, practice the prayer for health and safety in sleep below!

بِسْمِكَ رَبِّي وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي وَبِكَ أَرْفَعُهُ إِنْ أَمْسَكْتَ نَفْسِي فَارْحَمْهَا، وَإِنْ أَرْسَلْتَهَا، فَاحْفَظْهَا بِمَا تَحْفَظُ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ"

Meaning: "In the name of Allah, with Your name, O Lord, I lay down my side and with Your help, I lift it up. If You take my soul, have mercy on it, and if You send it back, protect it with what You protect Your righteous servants."

Other Prayers for Health and Safety

In addition to the above prayer, there are still other prayers that you can recite before going to sleep. This prayer contains a request for Allah to bestow health upon us. In addition, it is also a request to always be protected from dangers. Here is the prayer for health and safety in sleep that you can recite:

أَللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ سَلَامَةً فِي الدِّينِ، وَعَافِيَةً فِي الْجَسَدِ، وَزِيَادَةً فِي الْعِلْمِ، وَبَرَكَةً فِي الرِّزْقِ، وَتَوْبَةً قَبْلَ الْمَوْتِ، وَرَحْمَةً عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ، وَمَغْفِرَةً بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ. أَللَّهُمَّ هَوِّنْ عَلَيْنَا فِي سَكَرَاتِ الْمَوْتِ، وَالنَّجَاةَ مِنَ النَّارِ، وَالْعَفْوَ عِنْدَ الْحِسَابِ.

Meaning: "O Allah, we ask You for safety in religion, health in the body, increase in knowledge, blessing in sustenance, repentance before death, mercy at the time of death, and forgiveness after death. O Allah, make it easy for us in facing the agony of death, give us salvation from the fire, and forgiveness at the time of reckoning."

Prayer for Health and Safety in Sleep from Ayatul Kursi

Ayatul Kursi can be used as a powerful prayer. Surah Al-Baqarah verse 255 is recommended to be recited on various occasions, especially after prayers and before sleep. Reading Ayatul Kursi before sleep is highly recommended by the Prophet Muhammad SAW. As in the story of Abu Hurairah RA who dreamed of meeting a thief of zakat:

This hadith illustrates that Ayatul Kursi is believed to be a practice for Allah to always protect us from various dangers while sleeping. Here is the recitation of Ayatul Kursi that you can practice as a prayer for health and safety in sleep:

اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ ۚ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۗ مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا شَاءَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ ۖ وَلَا يَئُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا ۚ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ

Meaning: "Allah, there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is before them and what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great."

No one can intercede with Him except by His permission. He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and they do not encompass anything of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great."

This is the prayer for health and safety during sleep that can be recited. May we be protected from danger by the grace of Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala.