حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ رَجَائٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَدَّادِ بْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ قَالَ صَلَّی رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمًا صَلَاةً فَأَطَالَ فِيهَا فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قُلْنَا أَوْ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَطَلْتَ الْيَوْمَ الصَّلَاةَ قَالَ إِنِّي صَلَّيْتُ صَلَاةَ رَغْبَةٍ وَرَهْبَةٍ سَأَلْتُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لِأُمَّتِي ثَلَاثًا فَأَعْطَانِي اثْنَتَيْنِ وَرَدَّ عَلَيَّ وَاحِدَةً سَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يُسَلِّطَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوًّا مِنْ غَيْرِهِمْ فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يُهْلِکَهُمْ غَرَقًا فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يَجْعَلَ بَأْسَهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ فَرَدَّهَا عَلَيَّ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 3951
It was narrated that Mu'adh bin Jabal said: "The Messengerof Allah P.B.U.H prayed one day, and made the prayer lengthy. When he finished we said (or they said): '0 Messenger of Allah, you made the prayer lengthy today.' He said: 'I offered a prayer of hope and fear. I asked Allah for three things for my nation, and He granted me two refused one. I asked Him not et my nation be destroyed by O!lem.iesfrom without, and He fted me that. And I asked by not to let them be destroyed lha;trowning. and He granted me . And I asked Him not to le them be destroyed by fighting among themselves, but He refused that.''' (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020