Abu Salama bin Abdul Rahman bin ' Auf (RA) heard Abu Hurairah (RA) say: (When) Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) (wished to invoke curse or blessing on someone, he would do so at the end) of the recitation in the dawn prayer, when he had pronounced Allah-o-Akbar (for bending) and then lifted his head (saying): "Allah listened to him who praised Him; our Lord! to Thee is all praise" ; he would then stand up and say: "Rescue al-Walid bin Walid, Salama bin Hisham, and 'Ayyash bin Abd Rabi'a, and the helpless among the Muslims. O Allah! trample severely Mudar and cause them a famine (which broke out at the time) of Joseph. O Allah! curse Lihyan, Ri'l, Dhakwan, 'Usayya, for they disobeyed Allah and His Messenger." (The narrator then adds): The news reached us that he abandoned (this) when this verse was revealed: "Thou but no concern in the matter whether He turns to them (mercifully) or chastises them; surely they are wrongdoers" (III 128)