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Are the supplications mentioned in the Hadith: "In Your name, O Allah, I die and live" and "Praise be to Allah who revived us after He caused us to die, and to Him is the resurrection," a Sunnah for the Ummah or specific to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him? And what is the evidence for that?

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This reported remembrance (dhikr) is not exclusive to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him; rather, every Muslim should say it upon going to sleep, emulating him. It is: "O Allah, in Your name I die and I live." The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, also taught his Companions other remembrances before sleep, such as performing ablution as for prayer, lying on the right side, and saying: "O Allah, I have surrendered my face to You..." as well as saying Subhan Allah, Allahu Akbar, and Al-hamdulillah thirty-three times before sleeping.

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