Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #29565

Mahmoud bin Ghaylan narrated to us, Abu Ahmad Al-Zubayri narrated to us, Sufyan narrated to us, on the authority of Al-Jariri, on the authority of Abu Al-Alaa bin Al-Shakhir, on the authority of a man, From Banu Hanzalah, he said: I accompanied Shaddad bin Aws, may God be pleased with him, on a journey, and he said: Shall I not teach you what the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, did? It teaches us to say, O God, I ask you for steadfastness in the matter, and I ask you for the determination of righteousness, and I ask you for gratitude for your blessings and good worship of you. I ask you for a sincere tongue and a sound heart, and I seek refuge in you from the evil of what you know, and I ask of you for the good of what you know, and I seek your forgiveness for what you know. Indeed, You are the Knower of the unseen. He said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, used to say: “There is no Muslim who takes his bed reciting a surah from the Book of God except And God has appointed an angel over him, so nothing will come near him to harm him until he blows when he blows.” Abu Issa said, “This is a hadith. We only know it.” From this perspective, Al-Jariri is Saeed bin Iyas Abu Masoud Al-Jariri, and Abu Al-Ala’s name is Yazid bin Abdullah bin Al-Shakhir.