Hadith 4206

(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ ، وَمَنْصُورٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي الضُّحَى ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمَّا رَأَى قُرَيْشًا قَدْ اسْتَعْصَوْا عَلَيْهِ ، قَالَ : " اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَيْهِمْ بِسَبْعٍ كَسَبْعِ يُوسُفَ " ، قَالَ : فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ السَّنَةُ ، حَتَّى حَصَّتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ ، حَتَّى أَكَلُوا الْجُلُودَ وَالْعِظَامَ ، وَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا : حَتَّى أَكَلُوا الْجُلُودَ ، وَالْمَيْتَةَ ، وَجَعَلَ يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الرَّجُلِ كَهَيْئَةِ الدُّخَانِ ، فَأَتَاهُ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ ، فَقَالَ : أَيْ مُحَمَّدُ ، إِنَّ قَوْمَكَ قَدْ هَلَكُوا ، فَادْعُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ يَكْشِفَ عَنْهُمْ ، قَالَ : فَدَعَا ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : " اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ يَعُودُوا فَعُدْ " هَذَا فِي حَدِيثِ مَنْصُورٍ ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ : فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّمَاءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُبِينٍ سورة الدخان آية 10 " .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Quraysh exceeded all limits in disobeying the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated against them for a famine like that during the time of Yusuf (peace be upon him). Consequently, the Quraysh were surrounded by famine and hardship, to the extent that they were forced to eat hides and bones, and the situation became such that when a person looked towards the sky, due to hunger he would see smoke between himself and the sky. After this, Abu Sufyan came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "O Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), your people are being destroyed, so pray to Allah to remove this punishment from them." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for them and said: "O Allah! If they do this again, then inflict punishment upon them again." Then he recited this verse: «﴿فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّمَاءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُبِينٍ﴾» [الدخان : 10] "So wait for the Day when the sky will bring forth a clear smoke."
Hadith Reference مسند احمد / مسند المكثرين من الصحابة / 4206
Hadith Grading حکم دارالسلام: إسناده صحيح، خ: 4824، م: 2798.