The Prophet’s whispered supplication in prayer
[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when he prayed, would whisper something that we did not understand, and he would not tell us about it. He said: Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Did you notice me?" Someone said, "Yes." He said, "I mentioned a prophet from among the prophets who was given troops from his people." He said, "Who can match these?" or, "Who can stand up to these?" or words similar to that; Sulaiman was uncertain. He said: Then Allah revealed to him, "Choose for your people one of three: either that I set against them an enemy from outside them, or hunger, or death." He said: So he consulted his people about that, and they said, "You are the Prophet of Allah; we leave that to you, so decide for us." He said: Then he stood for his prayer. He said: When they were frightened, they would resort to prayer. He said: So he prayed. He said, "As for an enemy from outside them, no; and as for hunger, no; but death." He said: So death was sent upon them for three days, and seventy thousand of them died. "So the whispering that you see me saying is: 'O Allah, O Lord, by You I fight, and by You I charge, and there is no power and no strength except through Allah.'"
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا صَلَّى هَمَسَ شَيْئًا لَا نَفْهَمُهُ، وَلَا يُحَدِّثُنَا بِهِ. قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «فَطِنْتُمْ لِي؟» قَالَ قَائِلٌ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: «فَإِنِّي قَدْ ذَكَرْتُ نَبِيًّا مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ أُعْطِيَ جُنُودًا مِنْ قَوْمِهِ». فَقَالَ: «مَنْ يُكَافِئُ هَؤُلَاءِ»، أَوْ: «مَنْ يَقُومُ لِهَؤُلَاءِ»، أَوْ كَلِمَةً شَبِيهَةً بِهَذِهِ، شَكَّ سُلَيْمَانُ. قَالَ: فَأَوْحَى اللهُ إِلَيْهِ: «اخْتَرْ لِقَوْمِكَ بَيْنَ إِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ: إِمَّا أَنْ أُسَلِّطَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوًّا مِنْ غَيْرِهِمْ، أَوِ الْجُوعَ، أَوِ الْمَوْتَ». قَالَ: فَاسْتَشَارَ قَوْمَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ فَقَالُوا: «أَنْتَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ، نَكِلُ ذَلِكَ إِلَيْكَ، فَخِرْ لَنَا». قَالَ: فَقَامَ إِلَى صَلَاتِهِ. قَالَ: وَكَانُوا يَفْزَعُونَ إِذَا فَزِعُوا إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ. قَالَ: فَصَلَّى. قَالَ: «أَمَّا عَدُوٌّ مِنْ غَيْرِهِمْ فَلَا، أَوِ الْجُوعُ فَلَا، وَلَكِنِ الْمَوْتُ». قَالَ: فَسُلِّطَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَوْتُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ، فَمَاتَ مِنْهُمْ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا. «فَهَمْسِي الَّذِي تَرَوْنَ أَنِّي أَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ يَا رَبِّ، بِكَ أُقَاتِلُ، وَبِكَ أُصَاوِلُ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ».
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