۔ وَعَنْ اَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ رضی اللہ عنہ اَنَّ رَسُوْلَ اللّٰہِ صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم قَالَ:(( سَاَلْتُ رَبِّیْ عَزَّوَجَلَّ ثَلَاثًا فَاَعْطَانِیْ ثِنْتَیْنِ وَ مَنَعَنِیْ وَاحِدَۃً، سَاَلْتُ اَنْ لَّا یَبْتَلِیَ اُمَّتِیْ بِالسِّنِیْنَ فَفَعَلَ وَسَاَلْتُ اَنْ لَّا یَظْہَرَ عَلَیْہِمْ عَدُوُّھُمْ فَفَعَلَ وَسَاَلْتُ اَنْ لَّا یَلْبِسَہُمْ شِیَعًا فَاَبٰی عَلَیَّ۔))
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, that he says: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: I made three supplications to my Lord; He accepted two of them and did not accept one. I supplicated that He would not afflict my Ummah with a general famine, and He accepted this supplication. Then I made a second supplication that the enemies of my Ummah would not prevail over them, and He also accepted this supplication. And I made a third supplication that He would save them from being divided into different groups, but Allah Almighty did not accept this supplication of mine.