The Supplication For The Prevention Of Insomnia: “O Allah, Lord Of The Heavens...”

Sulaiman bin Buraidah narrated that his father said:

“Khalid bin Al-Walid al Makhzumi complained to the Prophet saying: ‘O Messenger of allah, I do not sleep at night due to insomnia.’ So Allah’s Prophet ﷺ said: ‘When you go to your bed, say: I Allah, Lord of the Seven Heavens and what they have shaded, Lord of the earths and what they carry, Lord of the Shyatin and those they have misguided, be for me a Protector against the evil of Your creation, all of them together, so that none of them should transgress against me, or oppress me, mighty is the one who seeks protection in You, and glorified if Your praise, and there is none worthy of worship other than You, and there is none worthy of worship except You. (Allahumma Rabbas-Samawatis-Sab’i Wa Ma Azallat, Wa Rabbal-Ardina Wa Ma Aqallat, Wa Rabbash-Shayatini Wa Ma Adallat, Kun Li Jaran Min Sharri Khalqika Kullihim Jami’an An Yafruta Alayya, Azza Jaruka Wa Jalla Thana’uka, Wa La Ilaha Ghairuka Wa La Ilaha Illa Anta).”

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ الْمُؤَدِّبُ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ ظُهَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ مَرْثَدٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ شَكَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَنَامُ اللَّيْلَ مِنَ الأَرَقِ . فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ " إِذَا أَوَيْتَ إِلَى فِرَاشِكَ فَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَمَا أَظَلَّتْ وَرَبَّ الأَرَضِينَ وَمَا أَقَلَّتْ وَرَبَّ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَمَا أَضَلَّتْ كُنْ لِي جَارًا مِنْ شَرِّ خَلْقِكَ كُلِّهِمْ جَمِيعًا أَنْ يَفْرُطَ عَلَىَّ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ أَوْ أَنْ يَبْغِيَ عَلَىَّ عَزَّ جَارُكَ وَجَلَّ ثَنَاؤُكَ وَلاَ إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ وَلاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ " . قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ لَيْسَ إِسْنَادُهُ بِالْقَوِيِّ . وَالْحَكَمُ بْنُ ظُهَيْرٍ قَدْ تَرَكَ حَدِيثَهُ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْحَدِيثِ وَيُرْوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مُرْسَلاً مِنْ غَيْرِ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ .