Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 33857 — What Allah the Exalted gave Muhammad

Sayyiduna Hudhayfah bin al-Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went to the quarter of Banu Mu'awiyah, and I walked behind him until he reached it. He prayed eight rak'ahs of the forenoon prayer (Duha), and he prayed them at length. Then he turned and said: O Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him), did I make it long for you? I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: I asked Allah for three things. He granted me two and refused me one. I asked that He not let others overpower my Ummah, and He accepted this. I asked that He not destroy it by famine, and He accepted this too. And I asked that He not afflict them with war among themselves, and this He refused.