al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 3621

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حَدَّثَنَا 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»

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Chain of narrators

[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

✧ He watched the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one night, and he prayed until it was near dawn. He said, "O Messenger of Allah, I saw you tonight pray a prayer the like of which I have not seen you pray?" He replied, "Yes, indeed, it was a prayer of hope and fear. I asked my Lord ﷻ for three things, and He gave me two and withheld one. I asked Him not to destroy us with what He destroyed the nations, and He granted me that. I asked Him not to set an enemy over us who would destroy us, and He granted me that. I asked Him not to make my ummah into factions, and He withheld it."

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