Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ مُضَرَ عَنْ ابْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَامَ غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ قَامَ مِنْ اللَّيْلِ يُصَلِّي فَاجْتَمَعَ وَرَاءَهُ رِجَالٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ يَحْرُسُونَهُ حَتَّى إِذَا صَلَّى وَانْصَرَفَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ لَقَدْ أُعْطِيتُ اللَّيْلَةَ خَمْسًا مَا أُعْطِيَهُنَّ أَحَدٌ قَبْلِي أَمَّا أَنَا فَأُرْسِلْتُ إِلَى النَّاسِ كُلِّهِمْ عَامَّةً وَكَانَ مَنْ قَبْلِي إِنَّمَا يُرْسَلُ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ وَنُصِرْتُ عَلَى الْعَدُوِّ بِالرُّعْبِ وَلَوْ كَانَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ مَسِيرَةُ شَهْرٍ لَمُلِئَ مِنْهُ رُعْبًا وَأُحِلَّتْ لِي الْغَنَائِمُ آكُلُهَا وَكَانَ مَنْ قَبْلِي يُعَظِّمُونَ أَكْلَهَا كَانُوا يُحْرِقُونَهَا وَجُعِلَتْ لِي الْأَرْضُ مَسَاجِدَ وَطَهُورًا أَيْنَمَا أَدْرَكَتْنِي الصَّلَاةُ تَمَسَّحْتُ وَصَلَّيْتُ وَكَانَ مَنْ قَبْلِي يُعَظِّمُونَ ذَلِكَ إِنَّمَا كَانُوا يُصَلُّونَ فِي كَنَائِسِهِمْ وَبِيَعِهِمْ وَالْخَامِسَةُ هِيَ مَا هِيَ قِيلَ لِي سَلْ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ نَبِيٍّ قَدْ سَأَلَ فَأَخَّرْتُ مَسْأَلَتِي إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ فَهِيَ لَكُمْ وَلِمَنْ شَهِدَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ.
English Translation
Qutaybah ibn Sa'id told us: Bakr ibn Mudar told us, from Ibn al-Had, from Amr ibn Shu'ayb, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, in the year of the expedition of Tabuk, arose in the night to pray, and men from among his companions gathered behind him to guard him. When he had finished praying and turned to them, he said: I have been given tonight five things which no one before me was given: as for me, I have been sent to all mankind generally, whereas whoever came before me was sent only to his own people; and I have been granted victory over the enemy through awe, such that if there were a month's journey between me and them, they would be filled with dread of me; and the spoils of war have been made lawful for me to eat, whereas whoever came before me regarded eating them gravely and used to burn them; and the earth has been made for me a place of prostration and a means of purification, so that wherever the prayer overtakes me I wipe myself with it and pray, whereas whoever came before me regarded that gravely, praying only in their churches and places of worship; and the fifth - what is it? I was told: Ask, for every prophet has asked something. But I have deferred my request until the Day of Resurrection, and it shall be for you, and for whoever bears witness that there is no god but Allah.