Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ نا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ قَالَ نا مِسْعَرٌ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْيَشْكُرِيِّ عَنِ الْمَعْرُورِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَتْ أُمُّ حَبِيبَةَ اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِي زَوْجِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَفِي أَبِي أَبِي سُفْيَانَ وَفِي أَخِي مُعَاوِيَةَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَقَدْ سَأَلْتِ اللَّهَ لِآجَالٍ مَضْرُوبَةٍ وَأَرْزَاقٍ مَقْسُومَةٍ لَا يُعَجَّلُ مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ قَبْلَ أَجَلِهِ فَلَوْ سَأَلْتِ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ يُعَافِيَكَ أَوْ يُعِيذَكِ مِنْ عَذَابٍ فِي النَّارِ وَعَذَابٍ فِي الْقَبْرِ كَانَ خَيْرًا أَوْ أَفْضَلَ زَوْجِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَفِي أَبِي أَبِي سُفْيَانَ وَفِي أَخِي مُعَاوِيَةَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَقَدْ سَأَلْتِ اللَّهَ لِآجَالٍ مَضْرُوبَةٍ وَأَرْزَاقٍ مَقْسُومَةٍ لَا يُعَجَّلُ مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ قَبْلَ أَجَلِهِ فَلَوْ سَأَلْتِ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ يُعَافِيَكَ أَوْ يُعِيذَكِ مِنْ عَذَابٍ فِي النَّارِ وَعَذَابٍ فِي الْقَبْرِ كَانَ خَيْرًا أَوْ أَفْضَلَ
English Translation
Yusuf ibn Musa narrated to us, he stated: Ja'far ibn Awn narrated to us, he stated: Mis'ar narrated to us from Alqamah ibn Marthad from al-Mughirah ibn Abdullah al-Yashkuri from al-Ma'rur ibn Suwayd from Hadrat Abdullah (may Allah be well pleased with him), he stated: Hadrat Umm Habibah (may Allah be well pleased with her) stated: «O Allah, bless me in my husband, the Beloved Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), and in my father Abu Sufyan, and in my brother Mu'awiyah.» The Beloved Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) stated: «You have asked Allah for appointed terms that are determined, and apportioned provisions — nothing of them will be hastened before its time. Had you asked Allah, Mighty and Majestic, to grant you well-being or to protect you from punishment in the Fire and punishment in the grave, it would have been better or superior.»