During the year of the expedition to Tabuk, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ rose at night to pray. Some men from among his companions gathered behind him to stand guard over him. When he had finished praying and turned to them, he said to them, "Tonight I have been given five things that no one before me was given.As for me, I have been sent to all people in general, while those before me were sent only to their own people.I have been aided against the enemy by terror, so that even if there were a month's journey between me and them, they would be filled with terror of me.The spoils of war have been made lawful for me to eat, while those before me considered eating them a grave matter and used to burn them.The earth has been made for me a place of prayer and a means of purification, so wherever the time of prayer overtakes me, I wipe and pray. Those before me considered this a grave matter and would only pray in their churches and synagogues.And the fifth, what a thing it is. I was told, 'Ask, for every prophet has asked.' So I deferred my request until the Day of Resurrection. It is for you and for whoever bears witness that there is no god but Allah."
أن رسول الله ﷺ عام غزوة تبوك قام من الليل يصلي، فاجتمع وراءه رجال من أصحابه يحرسونه، حتى إذا صلى وانصرف إليهم، فقال لهم: لقد أعطيت الليلة خمسا، ما أعطيهن أحد قبلي: أما أنا فأرسلت إلى الناس كلهم عامة، وكان من قبلي إنما يرسل إلى قومه، ونصرت على العدو بالرعب، ولو كان بيني وبينهم مسيرة شهر لملئ منه رعبا، وأحلت لي الغنائم آكلها، وكان من قبلي يعظمون أكلها، كانوا يحرقونها، وجعلت لي الأرض مساجد وطهورا، أينما أدركتني الصلاة تمسحت وصليت، وكان من قبلي يعظمون ذلك، إنما كانوا يصلون في كنائسهم وبيعهم، والخامسة هي ما هي قيل لي: سل، فإن كل نبي قد سأل، فأخرت مسألتي إلى يوم القيامة، فهي لكم ولمن شهد أن لا إلا الله.
Ahmad (7068) narrated it from Qutayba bin Saeed, who said, Bakr bin Mudar reported to us, from Ibn Hadi, from Amr bin Shuayb, from his father, from his grandfather, and he mentioned it. Its isnad is hasan because of Amr bin Shuayb, for he is truthful. Ibn Hadi is Yazid bin Abdullah bin Usama bin Hadi. Ibn Kathir said in his tafsir of Surah Araf (158), Its isnad is good and strong, and they did not include it.