English translation
6720. Narrated Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه: (The Prophet) Sulaimān (Solomon) said, “Tonight I will sleep with (my) ninety wives, each of whom will beget a male child who will fight for Allāh’s Cause.” On that, his companion (Sufyān said that his companion was an angel) said to him, “Say, ‘If Allāh will (In shā’ Allāh).” But Sulaimān forgot (to say it). He slept with all his wives, but none of the women gave birth to a child, except one who gave birth to a half boy (malformed). Abū Hurairah added: The Prophet ﷺ said, “If Sulaiman had said, ‘If Allāh will’ (In shā’ Allāh) he would not have been unsuccessful in his action, and would have attained what he had desired.” Once Abū Hurairah added: Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ said, “If he had accepted.”(1)
