The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed a prayer in which he excelled in standing, humility, bowing, and prostration. He then said, "This was a prayer of hope and fear. I asked Allah three things in it. He granted me two and withheld one from me. I asked Him not to send upon my Ummah an enemy from outside them who would overwhelm them, and He granted me that. I asked Him not to send upon them a famine that would destroy them through hunger, and He granted me that. And I asked Him not to make their conflict among themselves, but He refused that one."
حدثنا عبد الله حدثني أبي حدثنا حسين بن علي عن زائدة عن عبد الملك بن عمير عن عبد الرحمن بن أبي ليلى
صلى رسول الله ﷺ صلاة فأحسن فيها القيام والخشوع والركوع والسجود قال إنها صلاة رغب ورهب سألت الله فيها ثلاثا فأعطاني اثنتين وزوى عني واحدة سألته أن لا يبعث على أمتي عدوا من غيرهم فيجتاحهم فأعطانيه وسألته أن لا يبعث عليهم سنة تقتلهم جوعا فأعطانيه وسألته أن لا يجعل بأسهم بينهم فردها علي