Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2175
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ، سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ رَاشِدٍ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ خَبَّابِ بْنِ الأَرَتِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم صَلاَةً فَأَطَالَهَا قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّيْتَ صَلاَةً لَمْ تَكُنْ تُصَلِّيهَا قَالَ " أَجَلْ إِنَّهَا صَلاَةُ رَغْبَةٍ وَرَهْبَةٍ إِنِّي سَأَلْتُ اللَّهَ فِيهَا ثَلاَثًا فَأَعْطَانِي اثْنَتَيْنِ وَمَنَعَنِي وَاحِدَةً سَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لاَ يُهْلِكَ أُمَّتِي بِسَنَةٍ فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لاَ يُسَلِّطَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوًّا مِنْ غَيْرِهِمْ فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لاَ يُذِيقَ بَعْضَهُمْ بَأْسَ بَعْضٍ فَمَنَعَنِيهَا " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ وَابْنِ عُمَرَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us: Wahb ibn Jarir narrated to us: my father narrated to us, saying: I heard al-Nu‘man ibn Rashid narrate from al-Zuhri, from ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Harith, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Khabbab ibn al-Aratt, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed a prayer at length. They said, ‘Messenger of Allah, you have performed a prayer unlike the prayers you normally perform.’ He replied, ‘Yes. It was a prayer of hope and fear. In it I asked Allah for three things: He granted me two and withheld one. I asked Him not to destroy my community by drought, and He granted that. I asked Him not to empower an enemy from outside them over them, and He granted that. I asked Him not to make some of them suffer at the hands of others, but He withheld that.’ Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan gharib sahih hadith. There are reports on this topic from Sa‘d and Ibn ‘Umar.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The three requests are counted explicitly: protection from widespread drought, from an outside enemy, and from internal violence. The source says two were granted and one withheld; it does not identify the last request as a separate punishment beyond the wording translated.