The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: When one of you is afflicted with a calamity, he should say: "We belong to Allah, and to Him we do return." O Allah, I expect reward from Thee from this affliction, so give me reward for it, and give me a better compensation. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3119)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْ أَحَدَكُمْ مُصِيبَةٌ فَلْيَقُلْ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ اللهُمَّ عِنْدَكَ أَحْتَسِبُ مُصِيبَتِي فَأْجُرْنِي فِيهَا وَأَبْدِلْنِي بِهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلَمَّا قُبِضَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ خَلَفَنِي اللهُ ﷻ فِي أَهْلِي خَيْرًا مِنْهُ  

[Machine] Abu Salamah came to me one day from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a saying that pleased me. He said, 'No affliction befalls any of the Muslim people, and he seeks reward from Allah for his affliction, and says, "O Allah, reward me for my affliction and replace it with something better for me," except that Allah will do so.' " Umm Salamah said, "I memorized this from him. When Abu Salamah passed away, I recalled it and said, 'O Allah, reward me for my affliction and replace it with something better for me.' Then I thought to myself, 'From where will something better than Abu Salamah come to me?' When my 'iddah (mourning period) ended, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sought my permission to enter while I was dyeing a sheep's wool, and I washed my hands of the dye and gave him permission. I prepared a leather pillow stuffed with fiber for him, and he sat on it. Then he started talking to me, and when he finished his speech, I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I have no desire for anything except that I am a jealous woman and I fear that you will see something in me that Allah will punish me for. I am a woman who has entered the age of old age and I have children.' He said, 'Regarding what you mentioned about jealousy, Allah will remove it from you. As for what you mentioned about old age, the same has befallen me. As for what you mentioned about children, your children are my children.' Umm Salamah said, 'So I submitted to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he married me.' Umm Salamah said, 'Indeed, Allah has replaced me with something better than Abu Salamah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ."  

أَتَانِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ يَوْمًا مِنْ عِنْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَوْلًا فَسُرِرْتُ بِهِ قَالَ لَا يُصِيبُ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مُصِيبَةٌ فَيَسْتَرْجِعَ عِنْدَ مُصِيبَتِهِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَاخْلُفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِلَّا فُعِلَ ذَلِكَ بِهِ قَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ فَحَفِظْتُ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ اسْتَرْجَعْتُ وَقُلْتُ اللهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَاخْلُفْنِي خَيْرًا مِنْهُ ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ إِلَى نَفْسِي قُلْتُ مِنْ أَيْنَ لِي خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ؟ فَلَمَّا انْقَضَتْ عِدَّتِي اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا أَدْبُغُ إِهَابًا لِي فَغَسَلْتُ يَدَيَّ مِنَ الْقَرَظِ وَأَذِنْتُ لَهُ فَوَضَعْتُ لَهُ وِسَادَةَ أَدَمٍ حَشْوُهَا لِيفٌ فَقَعَدَ عَلَيْهَا فَخَطَبَنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ مَقَالَتِهِ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا بِي أَنْ لَا تَكُونَ بِكَ الرَّغْبَةُ فِيَّ وَلَكِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ فِيَّ غَيْرَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ فَأَخَافُ أَنْ تَرَى مِنِّي شَيْئًا يُعَذِّبُنِي اللهُ بِهِ وَأَنَا امْرَأَةٌ قَدْ دَخَلْتُ فِي السِّنِّ وَأَنَا ذَاتُ عِيَالٍ فَقَالَ أَمَّا مَا ذَكَرْتِ مِنَالْغَيْرَةِ فَسَوْفَ يُذْهِبُهَا اللهُ ﷻ مِنْكِ وَأَمَّا مَا ذَكَرْتِ مِنَ السِّنِّ فَقَدْ أَصَابَنِي مِثْلُ الَّذِي أَصَابَكِ وَأَمَّا مَا ذَكَرْتِ مِنَ الْعِيَالِ فَإِنَّمَا عِيَالُكِ عِيَالِي قَالَتْ فَقَدْ سَلَّمْتُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَتَزَوَّجَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ فَقَدْ أَبْدَلَنِي اللهُ بِأَبِي سَلَمَةَ خَيْرًا مِنْهُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ