Bism Illah wa assalaamu alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
Short and sweet this post will be, bi idhn Illah ta'ala. When I get ready for bed each night, most usually I am very tired, al hamdul'Illah. I wake up about an hour before fajr, have no naps during the day, and it is sometimes very late by the time the baby has been nursed to sleep. However, no matter how tired I am, I make wudhu before I go to bed, maashaa Allah.
Don't think that there isn't that wicked voice whispering to me, "Forget the wudhu tonight, your tired/the water's cold/the baby just started crying again - just get to bed." But there is one thought that motivates me every single time: I refuse to give shaytaan the satisfaction and pleasure. It is a fight to the end between that rotten devil and me, and it's a challenge I cannot back down from, maashaa Allah. So I smile to myself, at shaytaan's expense, and make my wudhu...and just to annoy him some more, I will post this lovely hadeeth to remind and encourage you all.
Ibn Abbas reported that Allaah's Messenger said: “Purify these bodies
and Allaah will purify you, for there is no slave who goes to sleep in a
state of purity but an Angel spends the night with him, and every time
he turns over, [the Angel] says, 'O Allah! Forgive Your slave, for he
went to bed in a state of purity.'”
[Reported by at-Tabaranee. See
Saheeh al-Jamee (3831)]