Al-Khiṣāl - Part 3: On Three-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 3: On Three-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: The Prophet Asked His Lord for Three Things.

God Granted Him Two, but Did Not Grant Him the Third ان ابن أبي شيبة قال: حدثنا ٠نجاب بن الحارث قال: حدثنا أبوحذيفة الثعلبي عن زياد بن علاقة، عن جابر بن س٠رة السوائي، عن علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلا٠أن النبي صلى الله عليه وآله قال: سألت ربي تبارك وتعالى ثلاث خصال فأعطاني اثنتين و٠نعني واحدة، قلت: يا رب لا تهلك ا٠تي جوعا، قال: لك هذه، قلت: يا رب لا تسلط عليه٠قال: لك ذلك، قلت: يا رب لا تجعل بأسه٠نعني هذه.

قال سلي٠د: لا يروى هذا الحديث عن علي عليه السلا٠إلا بهذا الاسناد تفرد به ٠3-9 Suleiman ibn Ahmad ibn Ayoob al-Lakhmy narrated that Muhammad ibn Uthman ibn Abi Shoyba’ quoted Minjab ibn al-Harith, on the authority of Abu Hozayfah al-Sa’labi, on the authority of Zyad ibn Alaqa, on the authority of Jabir ibn Samurah al-Sava’ee, on the authority of Ali ibn Abi Talib MGB) that God’s Prophet (MGB) said, “I asked my Lord - the Blessed the Sublime - for three things.

He granted me two of them, but did not grant me the third. I said, ‘O Lord! Please do not let my nation be destroyed by hunger’. The Lord said, ‘Let it be so.’ I said, ‘O Lord! Please do not let their enemies - that is the polytheists - take over my nation so as to uproot my people.’ The Lord said, ‘Let it be so.’ I said, ‘O Lord!

Please do not let there be any mischief amongst them.’ The Lord did not grant me this.”Suleiman ibn Ahmad said, “There have been no other chains of narration of this tradition from Ali ibn Abi Talib (MGB). Only Minjab ibn al-Harith has narrated it.”