Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ الْحِمْصِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ ح وَأَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَنْبَأَنَا شُعَيْبٌ قَالَ وَقَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ خَبَّابٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ خَبَّابِ بْنِ الْأَرَتِّ مَوْلَى بَنِي زُهْرَةَ وَكَانَ قَدْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ رَاقَبْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ صَلَّاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كُلَّهَا حَتَّى كَانَ مَعَ الْفَجْرِ سَلَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ جَاءَهُ خَبَّابٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي لَقَدْ صَلَّيْتَ اللَّيْلَةَ صَلَاةً مَا رَأَيْتُكَ صَلَّيْتَ نَحْوَهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَجَلْ إِنَّهَا صَلَاةُ رَغَبٍ وَرَهَبٍ سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى ثَلَاثَ خِصَالٍ فَأَعْطَانِي اثْنَتَيْنِ وَمَنَعَنِي وَاحِدَةً سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَنْ لَا يُهْلِكَنَا بِمَا أَهْلَكَ بِهِ الْأُمَمَ قَبْلَنَا فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَسَأَلْتُ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ لَا يُظْهِرَ عَلَيْنَا عَدُوًّا غَيْرَنَا فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَسَأَلْتُ رَبِّي تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَنْ لَا يَلْبِسَنَا شِيَعًا فَمَنَعَنِيهَا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْد اللَّهِ قَالَ سَمِعْت أَبِي يَقُولُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ سَمِعَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ مِنْ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ سَمَاعًا.
English Translation
'Ali ibn 'Ayyash al-Himsi told us, Shu'ayb ibn Abi Hamzah told us -- and by another chain, Abu al-Yaman informed us, Shu'ayb informed us, and al-Zuhri said: 'Abdullah ibn 'Abdullah ibn al-Harith ibn Nawfal told me, from 'Abdullah ibn Khabbab, from his father Khabbab ibn al-Aratt, client of Banu Zuhrah, who had witnessed Badr with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, that he said: I watched the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, one night as he prayed the whole night through until it was near dawn. When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, finished his prayer with the closing salutation, Khabbab came to him and said: "O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you, you prayed tonight a prayer the like of which I have never seen you pray." The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Yes, it was a prayer of hope and fear. I asked my Lord, blessed and exalted is He, for three things; He granted me two and withheld one from me. I asked my Lord, blessed and exalted is He, that He not destroy us as He destroyed the nations before us, and He granted it to me. And I asked my Lord, mighty and glorious is He, that He not let an enemy other than ourselves overcome us, and He granted it to me. And I asked my Lord, blessed and exalted is He, that He not make us divided into factions, and He withheld that from me." 'Abdullah said: I heard my father say: 'Ali ibn 'Ayyash heard this hadith directly from Shu'ayb ibn Abi Hamzah.