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ahmad:21053[Chain 1] ʿAlī b. ʿAyyāsh al-Ḥimṣī > Shuʿayb b. Abū Ḥamzah [Chain 2] Shuʿayb > Waqāl al-Zuhrī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith b. Nawfal > ʿAbdullāh b.

[Machine] "Khabbab reported from his father Khabbab ibn al-Aratt, the freed slave of Banu Zuhrah, who had witnessed the Battle of Badr with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . He said, 'I observed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one night until he performed the entire night prayer, even until dawn. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his prayer, Khabbab came to him and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I swear by my father and mother, you prayed tonight in a manner I have never witnessed before.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, 'Indeed, it was a prayer of desire and fear. I asked my Lord for three things, and He granted me two and withheld one. I asked my Lord not to destroy us with what destroyed previous nations, and He granted it to me. I asked my Lord not to expose us to an enemy other than ourselves, and He granted it to me. And I asked my Lord not to make us wear garments of conflict, and He withheld it from me.'"  

أحمد:٢١٠٥٣حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ الْحِمْصِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ ح وَأَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ قَالَ وَقَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ

خَبَّابٍعَنْ أَبِيهِ خَبَّابِ بْنِ الْأَرَتِّ مَوْلَى بَنِي زُهْرَةَ وَكَانَ قَدْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ رَاقَبْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي لَيْلَةٍ صَلَّاهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كُلَّهَا حَتَّى كَانَ مَعَ الْفَجْرِ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ جَاءَهُ خَبَّابٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي لَقَدْ صَلَّيْتَ اللَّيْلَةَ صَلَاةً مَا رَأَيْتُكَ صَلَّيْتَ نَحْوَهَا؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَجَلْ إِنَّهَا صَلَاةُ رَغَبٍ وَرَهَبٍ سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي ثَلَاثَ خِصَالٍ فَأَعْطَانِي اثْنَتَيْنِ وَمَنَعَنِي وَاحِدَةً سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي أَنْ لَا يُهْلِكَنَا بِمَا أَهْلَكَ بِهِ الْأُمَمَ قَبْلَنَا فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَسَأَلْتُ رَبِّي أَنْ لَا يُظْهِرَ عَلَيْنَا عَدُوًّا غَيْرَنَا فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَسَأَلْتُ رَبِّي أَنْ لَا يَلْبِسَنَا شِيَعًا فَمَنَعَنِيهَا  


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Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá

ذِكْرُ سُؤَالِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ رَبَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا أَنْ لَا يُهْلِكَ أُمَّتَهُ بِمَا أَهْلَكَ بِهِ الْأُمَمَ قَبْلَهُ

ibnhibban:7236Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. al-Sharqī > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá al-Dhuhlī > Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd from my father > Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith b. Nawfal > ʿAbdullāh b. Khabbāb b. al-Arat > Khabbāb

[Machine] I accompanied the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a prayer, which he performed until it was close to dawn. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his prayer, Khalid bin Walid came to him and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I swear by my father and mother, you have prayed tonight a prayer that I have never witnessed you pray before." The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Indeed, it was a prayer of desire and fear. I asked my Lord for three things, and He granted me two and prevented me from one. I asked Him not to destroy us as He destroyed the nations before us, so He granted my request. I asked Him not to subject us to an enemy other than ourselves, so He granted my request. And I asked Him not to make us divided, so He prevented me from it."  

ابن حبّان:٧٢٣٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الشَّرْقِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الذُّهْلِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ صَالِحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ خَبَّابِ بْنِ الْأَرَتِّ أَنَّ خَبَّابًا قَالَ

رَمَقْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي صَلَاةٍ صَلَّاهَا حَتَّى كَانَ مَعَ الْفَجْرِ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ جَاءَهُ خَبَّابٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي لَقَدْ صَلَّيْتَ اللَّيْلَةَ صَلَاةً مَا رَأَيْتُكَ صَلَّيْتَ نَحْوَهَا قَالَ «أَجَلْ إِنَّهَا صَلَاةُ رَغَبٍ وَرَهَبٍ سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي فِيهَا ثَلَاثَ خِصَالٍ فَأَعْطَانِي اثْنَتَيْنِ وَمَنَعَنِي وَاحِدَةً سَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يُهْلِكَنَا بِمَا أَهْلَكَ بِهِ الْأُمَمَ قَبْلَهَا فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يُظْهِرَ عَلَيْنَا عَدُوًّا مِنْ غَيْرِنَا فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يَلْبِسَنَا شِيَعًا فَمَنَعَنِيهَا»  

tabarani:3621[Chain 1] Abū Zurʿah And Mūsá b. ʿĪsá > Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb [Chain 2] Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥamzah al-Dimashqī > ʿAlī b. ʿAyyāsh al-Ḥimṣī > Shuʿayb b. Abū Ḥamzah > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith b. Nawfal > ʿAbdullāh b. Khabbāb > Abīh Khabbāb

[Machine] He watched the Prophet ﷺ for one night and prayed until dawn. Then he asked, "O Messenger of Allah, I saw you praying tonight. I have never seen you pray a similar prayer. The Prophet replied, "Indeed, it is a voluntary prayer of desire and fear. I asked my Lord for three things, and He granted me two and withheld one. I asked Him not to destroy us as He destroyed the previous nations, and He granted me that. I asked Him not to let our enemies dominate us and destroy us, and He granted me that. And I asked Him not to let my Ummah become divided into sects, and He withheld that from me."  

الطبراني:٣٦٢١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زُرْعَةَ وَمُوسَى بْنُ عِيسَى قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ ثنا شُعَيْبٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَمْزَةَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ الْحِمْصِيُّ ثنا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ خَبَّابٍ عَنْ أَبِيه خَبَّابٍ

أَنَّهُ رَاقَبَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةً فَصَلَّى حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ مَعَ الْفَجْرِ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ رَأَيْتُكَ اللَّيْلَةَ صَلَّيْتَ صَلَاةً مَا رَأَيْتُكَ صَلَّيْتَ مِثْلَهَا؟ قَالَ «أَجَلْ إِنَّهَا صَلَاةُ رَغَبٍ وَرَهَبٍ سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي ﷻ ثَلَاثَ خِصَالٍ فَأَعْطَانِي اثْنَتَيْنِ وَمَنَعَنِي وَاحِدَةٍ سَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يُهْلِكَنَا بِمَا أَهْلَكَ بِهِ الْأُمَمَ فَأَعْطَانِي ذَلِكَ وَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يُسَلِّطَ عَلَيْنَا عَدُوًّا فَيُهْلِكُونا فَأَعْطَانِي ذَلِكَ وَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يَلْبِسَ أُمَّتِي شِيَعًا فَمَنَعَنِي»  

tabarani:3622ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd from my father > Ṣāliḥ b. Kaysān > Ibn Shihāb > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith b. Nawfal > ʿAbdullāh b. Khabbāb b. al-Arat > Khabbāb

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a prayer that he performed until it was close to dawn. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his prayer, Duskri held the Kabir's (prayer leader) hand and said, O Messenger of Allah! I swear by my father and my mother, you performed a prayer tonight that I have never seen you perform before. He said: "Yes, it was a voluntary prayer. I asked my Lord three things, and He granted me two and withheld one. I asked Him not to destroy us as He destroyed the nations before us, so He granted me that. I asked Him not to make our enemies prevail over us, so He granted me that. And I asked Him not to separate us into sects, so He withheld that from me."  

الطبراني:٣٦٢٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ خَبَّابِ بْنِ الْأَرَتِّ أَنَّ خَبَّابًا قَالَ

رَمَقْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي صَلَاةٍ صَلَّاهَا حَتَّى كَانَ مَعَ الْفَجْرِ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ قَامَ خَبَّابٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي لَقَدْ صَلَّيْتَ اللَّيْلَةَ صَلَاةً مَا رَأَيْتُكَ صَلَّيْتَ نَحْوَهَا؟ قَالَ «أَجَلْ إِنَّهَا صَلَاةُ رَغَبٍ وَرَهَبٍ سَأَلْتُ فِيهَا رَبِّي ﷻ ثَلَاثَ خِصَالٍ فَأَعْطَانِي اثْنَتَيْنِ وَمَنَعَنِي وَاحِدَةً سَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يُهْلِكَنَا بِمَا أَهْلَكَ بِهِ الْأُمَمَ قَبْلَنَا فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يُظْهِرَ عَلَيْنَا عَدُوًّا مِنْ غَيْرِهِمْ فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يَلْبِسَنَا شِيَعًا فَمَنَعَنِيهَا»  

tabarani:3624Muḥammad b. Hishām al-Mustamlī > ʿAlī b. al-Madīnī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith b. Nawfal > ʿAbdullāh b. Khabbāb from his father

[Machine] "I observed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , so I said, 'Let me see how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prays.' So he prayed. When he finished, I came forward and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, indeed you prayed tonight a prayer that I have never seen you pray before.' He said, 'Verily, it is a prayer of fear and desire. I asked my Lord for three things regarding it, so He gave me two and prevented me from one. I asked Him not to destroy us as He destroyed nations before us, so He granted it. I asked Him not to let an enemy have dominance over us, so He granted it. And I asked Him not to make us divided into factions, so He prevented me from it.'"  

الطبراني:٣٦٢٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ الْمُسْتَمْلِي ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ خَبَّابٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ فَقَالَ

رَمَقْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ لَأَنْظُرَنَّ كَيْفَ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَصَلَّى فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ جِئْتُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَقَدْ صَلَّيْتَ اللَّيْلَةَ صَلَاةً مَا رَأَيْتُكَ صَلَّيْتَ مِثْلَهَا فَقَالَ «إِنَّهَا صَلَاةُ رَهَبٍ وَرَغَبٍ سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي فِيهَا ثَلَاثًا فَأَعْطَانِي اثْنَتَيْنِ وَمَنَعَنِي وَاحِدَةً سَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يُهْلِكَنَا بِمَا أَهْلَكَ بِهِ الْأُمَمَ قَبْلَنَا فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يُسَلِّطَ عَلَيْنَا عَدُوًّا فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يَلْبِسَنَا شِيَعًا فَمَنَعَنِيهَا»  

nasai-kubra:1334ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd > Abū And Baqiyyah > Ibn Abū Ḥamzah > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith b. Nawfal > ʿAbdullāh b. Khabbāb b. al-Arat

[Machine] About his father who had witnessed the Battle of Badr with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he said that he had observed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a night of prayer, during which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ kept vigil until dawn. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his prayer, Khubbab came to him and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I swear by my father and mother, you have prayed tonight a prayer that I have never seen you pray before." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, it was a prayer of desire and fear. I asked my Lord three things in it, and He gave me two and denied me one. I asked my Lord that He does not destroy us as He destroyed the previous nations, and He granted me that. I asked my Lord that He does not expose us to an enemy other than ourselves, and He granted me that. And I asked my Lord that He does not divide us into sects, and He denied me that."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٣٣٤أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي وَبَقِيَّةُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ خَبَّابِ بْنِ الْأَرَتِّ

عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَكَانَ قَدْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ رَاقَبَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي لَيْلَةٍ صَلَّاهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كُلَّهَا حَتَّى كَانَ مَعَ الْفَجْرِ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ جَاءَهُ خَبَّابٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي لَقَدْ صَلَّيْتَ اللَّيْلَةَ صَلَاةً مَا رَأَيْتُكَ صَلَّيْتَ نَحْوَهَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَجَلْ إِنَّهَا صَلَاةُ رَغَبٍ وَرَهَبٍ سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي فِيهَا ثَلَاثَ خِصَالٍ فَأَعْطَانِي اثْنَتَيْنِ وَمَنَعَنِي وَاحِدَةً سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي أَنْ لَا يُهْلِكَنَا بِمَا أَهْلَكَ بِهِ الْأُمَمَ قَبْلَنَا فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَسَأَلْتُ رَبِّي أَنْ لَا يُظْهِرَ عَلَيْنَا عَدُوًّا مِنْ غَيْرِنَا فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَسَأَلْتُ رَبِّي أَنْ لَا يَلْبِسَنَا شِيَعًا فَمَنَعَنِيهَا  

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[Machine] I observed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during a prayer that he performed until it was close to dawn. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ completed his prayer, Khabbab came to him and said, "O Messenger of Allah, by my father and mother, you have prayed tonight in a demanding and fearful manner." He said, "Yes, indeed. It was a prayer of desire and fear. I asked my Lord three things and He granted me two and denied me one. I asked Him not to destroy us as He destroyed the nations before us, and He granted me that. I asked Him not to make our enemies from among others, and He granted me that. And I asked Him not to make us wear the clothes of dissension, and He denied me that."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٣٣٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ صَالِحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ خَبَّابِ بْنِ الْأَرَتِّ أَنَّ خَبَّابًا قَالَ

رَمَقْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي صَلَاةٍ صَلَّاهَا حَتَّى كَانَ مَعَ الْفَجْرِ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ جَاءَهُ خَبَّابٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي لَقَدْ صَلَّيْتَ اللَّيْلَةَ صَلَاةً قَالَ أَجَلْ إِنَّهَا صَلَاةُ رَغَبٍ وَرَهَبٍ سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي فِيهَا ثَلَاثَ خِصَالٍ فَأَعْطَانِي اثْنَتَيْنِ وَمَنَعَنِي وَاحِدَةً سَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يُهْلِكَنَا بِمَا أَهْلَكَ بِهِ الْأُمَمَ قَبْلَنَا فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يُظْهِرَ عَلَيْنَا عَدُوًّا مِنْ غَيْرِنَا فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يَلْبِسَنَا شِيَعًا فَمَنَعَنِيهَا