Prayer & worshipFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 3, 2026.
Make sleep an act of worship
“My sleep will be counted for me in my mizan of hasanat and my sleep will be an act of ibadah.”
In one sentence
The khutbah teaches that sleep, waking, and leaving home should be structured around Sunnah practices and supplications so ordinary routines become acts of worship and protection.
The khutbah in 7 steps
- Sleep is described as a blessing requiring gratitude.
- The speaker explains sleeping soon after Isha, with wudu, on the right side, and without sleeping on the stomach.
- Bedtime adhkar, Qur’anic passages, and the Prophet’s sleep supplication are prescribed.
- The speaker gives supplications for waking during the night and beginning the morning.
- The last verses of Surah Aal Imran are recommended before tahajjud.
- Morning declarations and leaving-home supplications are presented as sources of guidance and protection.
- The khutbah closes by asking Allah to bless the community and make sleep an act of worship.
Try this week
Sleep soon after Isha unless there is a genuine need to stay awake.
Sleep with wudu, on the right side, and avoid sleeping on the stomach.
Recite the prescribed bedtime adhkar, Surah al-Fatihah, the opening five verses of Surah al-Baqarah, Ayat al-Kursi, and the final three verses of Surah al-Baqarah.
Say the taught supplication before sleeping and the specified remembrance when waking during the night.
On waking, say the morning gratitude supplication and recite the final ten verses of Surah Aal Imran before tahajjud.
Say the morning testimony and the prescribed supplications when leaving home.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 2The first five verses, Ayat al-Kursi, and the final three verses are recommended for bedtime recitation.
Surah 3The final ten verses are recommended before tahajjud, following the Prophet’s practice.
Sahih al-BukhariThe Prophet recited the final verses of Aal Imran, made wudu, and prayed at night.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“if I sleep like that and I wake up like that I will be in the company of Allah”
“my sleep will be counted for me in my mizan of hasanat and my sleep will be an act of ibadah”
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