It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Basrah Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I asked my Lord for four things for my Ummah, out of which He granted me three and withheld one. I requested Him not to destroy them by a general famine and not to divide them into different sects so that they taste each other's punishment, but Allah Almighty withheld this from me.