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)

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Hurairah (RA) by another chain of transmitters up to the words: "And cause them a famine like that (which broke out at the time) of Joseph," but the subsequent portion was not mentioned.

Abu Salama reported it on the authority of Abu Hurairah (RA) that the Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) recited Qunut after ruku' in prayer for one month at the time of reciting (these words): "Allah listened to him who praised Him," and he said in Qunut: "O Allah! rescue al-Walid bin al-Walid; O Allah! rescue Salama bin Hisham; O Allah! rescue 'Ayyash bin Abu Rabi'a; O Allah! rescue the helpless amongst the Muslims; O Allah! trample Mudar severely; O Allah! cause them a famine like that (which was caused at the time) of Joseph." Abu Hurairah (RA) (further) said: I saw that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) afterwards abandoned this supplication. I, therefore said: I see the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) abandoning this blessing upon them. It was said to him (Abu Hurairah (RA)): Don't you see that (those for whom was blessing invoked by the Holy Prophet) have come (i. e. they have been rescued)?

Abu Salama narrated that Abu Hurairah (RA) told him that when the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) pronounced: "Allah listened to him who praised Him." and before prostration, he would recite this in the 'Isha' prayer: O Allah! rescue 'Ayyash bin Abu Rabi'a, and the rest of the hadith is the same as narrated by Auza'i to the words: "Like the famine (at the time) if Joseph." but he made no mention of that which follows afterwards.