Dua Before Sleep and Upon Waking Up
The Sunnah formulas declaring that sleep is a minor death and awakening is an act of divine resurrection, sanctified with the name of Allah.
بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا ... الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ
Bi-smika Allāhumma amūtu wa-aḥyā ... Al-ḥamdu li-llāhi-lladhī aḥyānā ba‘da mā amātanā wa-ilayhi l-nushūr
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Immediately prior to sleeping and immediately upon opening the eyes in the morning
Sleep is named a "minor death" in the Quran (39:42). Opening and closing consciousness with Allah’s remembrance frames every day inside sacred mindfulness.
Hudhaifah ibn al-Yaman (RA) reported: "Whenever the Prophet ﷺ intended to go to bed, he would recite: Bismika Allahumma amutu wa ahya. And upon waking, he said: Al-hamdu lillahil-ladhi ahyana..." (Sahih al-Bukhari 6324).