QUESTION:
Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam made three Duas. Which two were accepted and which one was rejected?
ANSWER:
The two Duas that were answered were, this Ummah should not be destroyed because of famine, and the second is that they not be dominated or overpowered by an enemy who is not amongst them, and thereby destroy them completely. The Dua that was not answered is that the Ummah should not bicker and fight amongst one another.
This narration is in Saheeh Muslim which is recorded below:
عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِنَّ اللَّهَ زَوَى لِيَ الأَرْضَ فَرَأَيْتُ مَشَارِقَهَا وَمَغَارِبَهَا وَإِنَّ أُمَّتِي سَيَبْلُغُ مُلْكُهَا مَا زُوِيَ لِي مِنْهَا وَأُعْطِيتُ الْكَنْزَيْنِ الأَحْمَرَ وَالأَبْيَضَ وَإِنِّي سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي لأُمَّتِي أَنْ لاَ يُهْلِكَهَا بِسَنَةٍ بِعَامَّةٍ وَأَنْ لاَ يُسَلِّطَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوًّا مِنْ سِوَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ فَيَسْتَبِيحَ بَيْضَتَهُمْ وَإِنَّ رَبِّي قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّي إِذَا قَضَيْتُ قَضَاءً فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يُرَدُّ وَإِنِّي أَعْطَيْتُكَ لأُمَّتِكَ أَنْ لاَ أُهْلِكَهُمْ بِسَنَةٍ بِعَامَّةٍ وَأَنْ لاَ أُسَلِّطَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوًّا مِنْ سِوَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ يَسْتَبِيحُ بَيْضَتَهُمْ وَلَوِ اجْتَمَعَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَنْ بِأَقْطَارِهَا – أَوْ قَالَ مَنْ بَيْنَ أَقْطَارِهَا – حَتَّى يَكُونَ بَعْضُهُمْ يُهْلِكُ بَعْضًا وَيَسْبِي
بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا )صحيح مسلم #2889)
وَفِي الحَدِيث الْعَاشِر: ” إِن الله زوى لي الأَرْض، فَرَأَيْت مشارقها وَمَغَارِبهَا “.
زوى بِمَعْنى قبض وَجمع حَتَّى أمكنني الإشراف على مَا زوي لي مِنْهَا. قَالَ أَبُو عبيد: وَلَا يكون الانزواء إِلَّا بانحراف مَعَ تقبض، قَالَ الْأَعْشَى:(يزِيد يغض الطّرف عني كَأَنَّمَا … زوى بَين عَيْنَيْهِ على المحاجم) والأحمر: الذَّهَب. والأبيض: الْفضة. وَقَوله: ” بِسنة بعامة ” أَي بجدب يعم الْكل.
وبيضتهم: جَمَاعَتهمْ وأصلهم. وبيضة الدَّار: معظمها ووسطها. والقطر: النَّاحِيَة. والأقطار: الجوانب. الفئام: الْجَمَاعَة.
Thauban Radiallahu Anhu narrates that Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said:
Allah Ta’ala gathered the earth for me to the extent that He made it possible for me to glance at it, I saw its eastern and western ends. And my Ummah’s kingdom will reach those ends which were gathered for me, and I have been granted the red and the white treasure (referring to gold and silver), and I begged my Rabb for my Ummah, that it should not be destroyed by a general famine, nor be dominated by an enemy who is not amongst them who will completely destroy them, and my Rabb said: O Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, whenever I make a decision, then it is never changed it. I will grant your Ummah, that it will not be destroyed by famine and it will not be dominated by an enemy who would not be amongst it, who will completely destroy them even if the people of their country have to gather with them, but some of them (i.e your Ummah) will kill others or imprison them.
ALLAH TA’ALA ALONE IN HIS INFINITE KNOWLEDGE KNOWS BEST!
ANSWERED BY:
Maulana Abdul Kader Fazlani
Date: 28 Rajab 1445 / 09 February 2024
CHECKED AND APPROVED BY:
Mufti Mohammed Desai Saheb