Four duʿāʾs of the Prophet ﷺ and Allah grants three of them
that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I asked my Lord ﷻ for four ˹things˺. So he granted me three ˹of them˺ and denied me one ˹of them˺:
(1) I asked Allah ﷻ to not gather my Ummah upon misguidance, and he granted it to me, and
(2) I asked Allah ﷻ to not have ˹the Ummah˺ be overcome by an enemy other than themselves, and he granted it to me, and
(3) I asked Allah ﷻ to not have ˹ the Ummah˺ be destroyed by plagues similar to nations before them, and he granted it to me, and
(4) I asked Allah ﷻ to not to have ˹the Ummah˺ be splintered into groups have that they ˹not˺ taste affliction from each other, and he denied it to me."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي ﷻ أَرْبَعًا فَأَعْطَانِي ثَلَاثًا وَمَنَعَنِي وَاحِدَةً۔
(١) سَأَلْتُ اللهَ ﷻ أَنْ لَا يَجْمَعَ أُمَّتِي عَلَى ضَلَالَةٍ، فَأَعْطَانِيهَا۔ (٢) وَسَأَلْتُ اللهَ ﷻ أَنْ لَا يُظْهِرَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوًّا مِنْ غَيْرِهِمْ، فَأَعْطَانِيهَا۔ (٣) وَسَأَلْتُ اللهَ ﷻ أَنْ لَا يُهْلِكَهُمْ بِالسِّنِينَ كَمَا أَهْلَكَ الْأُمَمَ قَبْلَهُمْ، فَأَعْطَانِيهَا۔ (٤) وَسَأَلْتُ اللهَ ﷻ أَنْ لَا يَلْبِسَهُمْ شِيَعًا وَيُذِيقَ بَعْضَهُمْ بَأْسَ بَعْضٍ، فَمَنَعَنِيهَا۔»