حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ الْيَشْكُرِيِّ عَنْ الْمَعْرُورِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَتْ أُمُّ حَبِيبَةَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمْتِعْنِي بِزَوْجِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَبِأَخِي مُعَاوِيَةَ وَبِأَبِي أَبِي سُفْيَانَ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ دَعَوْتِ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لِآجَالٍ مَضْرُوبَةٍ وَآثَارٍ مَبْلُوغَةٍ وَأَرْزَاقٍ مَقْسُومَةٍ لَا يَتَقَدَّمُ مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ قَبْلَ حِلِّهِ وَلَا يَتَأَخَّرُ مِنْهَا لَوْ سَأَلْتِ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ يُنْجِيَكِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَعَذَابِ النَّارِ وَسُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ الْقِرَدَةِ وَالْخَنَازِيرِ هُمْ مِمَّا مُسِخَ أَوْ شَيْءٌ كَانَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَا بَلْ كَانَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَمْ يُهْلِكْ قَوْمًا فَيَجْعَلَ لَهُمْ نَسْلًا وَلَا عَاقِبَةً
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4254
It was narrated that 'Abdullah (RA) said: Umm Habeebah said: O Allah, let me have the joy of the company of my husband the Messenger of Allah (PBUH), and my brother Mu'awiyah, and my father Abu Sufyan (all my life). The Prophet (PBUH) said: "You have asked Allah about lifespans that have already been determined, limits that have already been set and provisions that have already been allotted. None of them will be brought forward before its due time or delayed beyond its due time. If you had asked Allah to grant you refuge from punishment in the grave or punishment in the Fire, (that would have been better and preferable) ' And the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) was asked about monkeys and pigs - were they (descendents of) those who had been transformed or were they some other creation that existed before that? He said: "No; rather they existed before that. Verily Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, does not doom a people then give them offspring."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020