Sayyiduna Hudhayfah bin al-Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was absent from us and did not come out, until we thought that perhaps he would not come out. Then he came out and went into prostration, and we thought that perhaps his soul had been taken during this prostration. When he raised his head, he said: "My Lord consulted me about my Ummah: what should I do with them? I said: 'O my Lord, do whatever You will! They are Your creation and Your servants.' My Lord consulted me a second time, and I said the same again. My Lord said: 'O Muhammad, I will not grieve you concerning your Ummah.'" After this the narrator mentioned the complete hadith.
(Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: If Allah wills, this report will come later in full, either in the chapter on the signs of prophethood, or in the Book of Virtues (Manaqib), in the chapter on the virtue of the Ummah.
Ahmad recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Ibn Lahi'ah, about whom there is criticism.