5046 - Musaddad narrated to us: al-Mu'tamir narrated to us, saying: I heard Mansur narrating from Sa'd ibn 'Ubaydah:

Al-Bara' ibn 'Azib narrated to me, saying: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to me: "When you come to your bed, perform ablution like your ablution for prayer, then lie down on your right side, and say: 'O Allah, I have submitted my face to You, and entrusted my affair to You, and leaned my back upon You, in hope and fear of You. There is no refuge and no place of safety from You except with You. I believe in Your Book which You have revealed, and Your Prophet whom You have sent.'" He said: "If you die, you will die upon the natural disposition (fitrah), and make these the last words you say." Al-Bara' said: I said—repeating them to memorize them—"And Your Messenger whom You have sent." He said: "No, rather: 'And Your Prophet whom You have sent.'"

============================================

It was also recorded by him (10529) via the path of Hammad ibn Salamah, from 'Asim ibn Abi al-Najud, from Sawa', with it. Thus the intermediary between 'Asim and Sawa'—namely Ma'bad—was omitted.

It is in "Musnad Ahmad" (26462) and (26465).

It is corroborated by the hadith of Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman in al-Tirmidhi (3398) and Ahmad (23244), and its chain is authentic.

See the rest of its supporting witnesses in the hadith of Ibn Mas'ud in "Musnad Ahmad" (3742).

(1) Its chain is authentic. Al-Mu'tamir: he is Ibn Sulayman ibn Tarkhan al-Taymi, and Mansur: he is Ibn al-Mu'tamir ibn 'Abdullah al-Sulami.

It was recorded by al-Bukhari (6311) from Musaddad, with this chain.

It was recorded by al-Nasa'i in "al-Kubra" (10550) from Muhammad ibn al-A'la, from al-Mu'tamir. It was recorded by Muslim (2710) and al-Tirmidhi (3891) via the path of Jarir ibn 'Abd al-Hamid, from Mansur ibn al-Mu'tamir, with it.

It was recorded by Muslim (2710) and al-Nasa'i (10548), (10549), (10552), and (10553) via multiple paths from Sa'd ibn 'Ubaydah, with it. =