Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performing eight rak‘ahs of the Duha prayer during a journey. When he completed the prayer and turned (to us), he said: "I have performed this prayer out of fear and hope. I asked my Lord for three things—He granted me two and withheld one. The first thing I asked was that Allah not destroy my Ummah through famine; Allah accepted this supplication. The second thing I asked my Lord was that He not give dominance over my Ummah to their enemies; Allah did so (i.e., accepted the supplication). The third thing I asked was that Allah not divide them into different sects, but this was denied to me by Allah." The words of Ahmad bin Abdur Rahman are: "O Allah, do not test my Ummah with famine."