Al Minah Al `Aliyyah (26)

It is Sunnah to utter the following dhikr upon waking :

‘Ubadah Ibn Samit t said that the Messenger of Allah r said:

“Whoever wakes up in the night and says:

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ , لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ , الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ , وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ , وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ , وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ , وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ, ثُمَّ قَالَ:  اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي , أَوْ دَعَا اسْتُجِيبَ , فَإِنْ تَوَضَّأَ وَصَلَّى قُبِلَتْ صَلَاتُهُ

 ‘None has the right to be worshipped but Allah. He is the Only One and has no partners. For Him is the Kingdom and all the praises are due for Him. He is Omnipotent. All the praises are for Allah. All the glories are for Allah. And none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, And Allah is Great and there is neither Might nor Power Except with Allah,’ and then says: ‘O Allah! Forgive me,’ or invokes (Allah), he will be responded to and if he performs ablution (and prays), his prayer will be accepted.”^[1]

There are two great glad tidings mentioned in this hadith. If a person wakes up and says this dhikr, he will have the two following rewards.

If he says: “O Allah forgive me,” or makes du’a, then his du’a will be answered.

If he performs wudu (to pray salah), his prayer will be accepted.

Praise be to Allah who granted us all of these bounties and we ask Allah to guide us to the good acts.

Explanation :

The word “wake up” in the previous hadith has many meanings such as speak, pay attention and wake up terribly etc.

Ibn Al-Atheer, Ibn Manzoor, Sheikh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah^[2] and Ibn Baaz said that it means to wake up after sleeping. It is a great mercy and blessing from Allah. Therefore, whoever hears these words should never forget to repeat them.^[3]

Ibn Hajr said that Ibn Battal said: “Allah promised us through his Prophet’s tongue to accept the du'a and the prayer of those who wake up from their sleep and utter the words of Tawheed with complete submission to Allah, admitting His favors, praising Him, Glorifying Him, saying Allahu Akbar and feeling that all the power is for Him, Only, and by Him.”^[4]

We have now concluded the section on Sunnah related to time.

In this chapter, it is detested to :

Sleep on the stomach, sleep on a non-stoned place, forget to wash the hands from food, and leave the fire on as was all previously discussed.