The Messenger of Allah ﷺ: When you attend dying man, you should say good words, for the angels say Amin to what you say. When Abu Salamah died, I said: What should I say, Messenger of Allah? He said: O Allah forgive him, and give us something good in exchange. She said: So Allah gave me Muhammad ﷺ in exchange for him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3115)   

رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا حَضَرْتُمُ الْمَيِّتَ أَوِ الْمَرِيضَ فَقُولُوا خَيْرًا؛ فَإِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ يُؤَمِّنُونَ عَلَى مَا تَقُولُونَ فَلَمَّا مَاتَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا أَقُولُ؟ قَالَ قُولِي اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلَهُ وَأَعْقِبْنَا مِنْهُ عُقْبَى صَالِحَةً فَقُلْتُهَا فَأَعْقَبَنِي اللهُ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ  

If any Muslim who suffers some calamity says, what Allah has commanded him," We belong to Allah and to Him shall we return; O Allah, reward me for my affliction and give me something better than it in exchange for it," Allah will give him something better than it in exchange. When Abu Salama died she said: What Muslim is better than Abu Salama whose family was the first to emigrate to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I then said the words, and Allah gave me God's Messenger ﷺ in exchange. She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Hatib b. Abu Balta'a to deliver me the message of marriage with him. I said to him: I have a daughter (as my dependant) and I am of jealous temperament. He (the Holy Prophet) said: So far as her daughter is concerned, we would supplicate Allah, that He may free her (of her responsibility) and I would also supplicate Allah to do away with (her) jealous (temperament). (Using translation from Muslim 918a)   

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ تُصِيبُهُ مُصِيبَةٌ فَيَقُولُ مَا أَمَرَهُ اللهُ ﷻ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ اللهُمَّ أُؤْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَاخْلُفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِلَّا أَخْلَفَ اللهُ ﷻ لَهُ خَيْرًا مِنْهَا قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا مَاتَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قُلْتُ أِيُّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ أَوَّلُ بَيْتٍ هَاجَرَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ إِنِّي قُلْتُهَا فَأَخْلَفَ اللهُ ﷻ لِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَاطِبَ بْنَ أَبِي بَلْتَعَةَ يَخْطُبُنِي لَهُ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ لِي بِنْتًا وَأَنَا غَيُورٌ فَقَالَ أَمَّا ابْنَتُهَا فَنَدْعُو اللهَ ﷻ أَنْ يُغْنِيَهَا وَأَدْعُو اللهَ أَنْ يُذْهِبَ الْغَيْرَةَ  

[Machine] "Indeed, they are the ones upon whom are prayers from their Lord and mercy. And it is those who are [rightly] guided."  

نِعْمَ الْعِدْلَانِ وَنِعْمَ الْعِلَاوَةُ {الَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُمْ مُصِيبَةٌ قَالُوا إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ} [البقرة 156] {أُولَئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلَوَاتٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَرَحْمَةٌ} [البقرة 157] نِعْمَ الْعِدْلَانِ {وَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُهْتَدُونَ} [البقرة 157] نِعْمَ الْعِلَاوَةُ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a woman at a grave while she was crying. He said to her, "Fear Allah and be patient". She said to him, "Leave me alone, as you have not experienced my affliction". It was said to her, "This is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ". So, she held him like a dead person and came to the gate of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , but she did not find any gatekeeper. She said, "O Messenger of Allah, I did not recognize you". The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, patience is at the first shock."  

مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِامْرَأَةٍ عِنْدَ قَبْرٍ وَهِيَ تَبْكِي فَقَالَ لَهَا اتَّقِي اللهَ وَاصْبِرِي فَقَالَتْ إِلَيْكَ عَنِّي فَإِنَّكَ لَمْ تُصَبْ بِمُصِيبَتِي قَالَ وَلَمْ تَعْرِفْهُ فَقِيلَ لَهَا هُوَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخَذَهَا مِثْلُ الْمَوْتِ فَأَتَتْ بَابَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ تَجِدْ عِنْدَهُ بَوَّابِينَ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي لَمْ أَعْرِفْكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ الصَّبْرَ عِنْدَ أَوَّلِ الصَّدْمَةِ  

[Machine] The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said, "Patience is when the first shock strikes."  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ الصَّبْرُ عِنْدَ الصَّدْمَةِ الْأُولَى  

The daughter of the Prophet ﷺ sent (a messenger) to the Prophet ﷺ requesting him to come as her child was dying (or was gasping), but the Prophet ﷺ returned the messenger and told him to convey his greeting to her and say: "Whatever Allah takes is for Him and whatever He gives, is for Him, and everything with Him has a limited fixed term (in this world) and so she should be patient and hope for Allah's reward." She again sent for him, swearing that he should come. The Prophet ﷺ got up, and so did Saʿd bin 'Ubada, Muʿadh bin Jabal, Ubai bin Kaʿb, Zaid bin Thabit and some other men. The child was brought to Messenger of Allah ﷺ while his breath was disturbed in his chest (the sub-narrator thinks that Usama added: ) as if it was a leather water-skin. On that the eyes of the Prophet ﷺ started shedding tears. Saʿd said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! What is this?" He replied, "It is mercy which Allah has lodged in the hearts of His slaves, and Allah is merciful only to those of His slaves who are merciful (to others). (Using translation from Bukhārī 1284)   

أَرْسَلَتِ ابْنَةُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ ابْنِي قُبِضَ فَأْتِنَا فَأَرْسَلَ يُقْرِئُ السَّلَامَ وَيَقُولُ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَا أَخَذَ وَلَهُ مَا أَعْطَى وَكُلٌّ عِنْدَهُ بِأَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى فَلْتَصْبِرْ وَلْتَحْتَسِبْ فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِ تُقْسِمُ لَيَأْتِيَنَّهَا فَقَامَ وَمَعَهُ سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ وَرَجُلٌ فَدُفِعَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الصَّبِيُّ وَنَفْسُهُ تَقَعْقَعُ حَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ كَأَنَّهَا شَنٌّ فَفَاضَتْ عَيْنَاهُ فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ ؓ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا هَذَا؟ قَالَ هَذِهِ رَحْمَةٌ جَعَلَهَا اللهُ فِي قُلُوبِ عِبَادِهِ وَإِنَّمَا يَرْحَمُ اللهُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الرُّحَمَاءَ  

[Machine] Anas's wife, Umm Sulaim, who was Anas's mother, said, "I saw this man, meaning the Prophet ﷺ, forbidding alcohol, so I left until I reached Sham and ruined myself there. Then Abu Talha proposed to Umm Sulaim and spoke to her about it, and she said, 'O Abu Talha, there is no one like you, but you are a disbeliever and I am a Muslim woman. It is not suitable for me to marry you.' He asked, 'Why is that?' She replied, 'Because I don't want yellow or white, I want Islam from you.' He asked, 'Who can provide that for me?' She said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ can.' So Abu Talha left, intending to meet the Prophet ﷺ while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sitting among his companions. When he saw him, Abu Talha said, 'Abu Talha, a new convert to Islam, has come to you.' So he came and informed the Prophet ﷺ about what Umm Sulaim had said. The Prophet ﷺ married her based on that. Thabit said, 'We have not heard that a dowry greater than the Islam itself was requested. so he married her. She was a woman of beautiful eyes and had some minor issues. She stayed with him until she gave birth to a son, whom Abu Talha loved ardently. When the baby became ill, Abu Talha humbled himself or it hurt him, so Abu Talha went to the Prophet ﷺ. The baby died, and Umm Sulaim said, 'No one should inform Abu Talha of his son's death except me.' She prepared the child and placed him to one side. Then Abu Talha went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ until he entered upon him and said, 'How is my son?' She said, 'O Abu Talha, from the time my son complained of pain, no one can be better than him. He immediately came [to you].' Then she handed him his son. Birth had occurred during the night, close to Madinah. She said, 'O Allah, I used to bring my child whenever your Prophet entered or left. This situation has occurred, so she brought her child and handed him to the Prophet ﷺ while he was riding a dromedary or a sheep. When he saw the child, he said to Anas, 'Did the daughter of Milhan give birth?' Anas said, 'Yes.' Then the Prophet ﷺ held what was in his hand and blessed it with prayers and supplications. Then the Prophet ﷺ fed the child some dates and named him Abdullah. Thabit said, 'Abdullah was known to be one of the best Muslims.'  

أَنَسٍ لِامْرَأَتِهِ أُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ وَهِيَ أُمُّ أَنَسٍ أَرَى هَذَا الرَّجُلَ يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُحَرِّمُ الْخَمْرَ فَانْطَلَقَ حَتَّى أَتَى الشَّامَ فَهَلَكَ هُنَالِكَ فَجَاءَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ فَخَطَبَ أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ فَكَلَّمَهَا فِي ذَلِكَ فَقَالَتْ يَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ مَا مِثْلُكَ يُرَدُّ وَلَكِنَّكَ امْرُؤٌ كَافِرٌ وَأَنَا امْرَأَةٌ مُسْلِمَةٌ لَا يَصْلُحُ أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَكَ قَالَ وَمَا ذَاكَ دَهْرُكِ قَالَتْ وَمَا دَهْرِي؟ قَالَ الصَّفْرَاءُ وَالْبَيْضَاءُ قَالَتْ فَإِنِّي لَا أُرِيدُ صَفْرَاءَ وَلَا بَيْضَاءَ أُرِيدُ مِنْكَ الْإِسْلَامَ قَالَ فَمَنْ لِي بِذَلِكَ؟ قَالَتْ لَكَ بِذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَانْطَلَقَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ يُرِيدُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جَالِسٌ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ قَالَ جَاءَكُمْ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ غُرَّةُ الْإِسْلَامِ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ فَجَاءَ فَأَخْبَرَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بِمَا قَالَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ فَتَزَوَّجَهَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ قَالَ ثَابِتٌ فَمَا بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ مَهْرًا كَانَ أَعْظَمَ مِنْهُ أَنَّهَا رَضِيَتْ بِالْإِسْلَامِ مَهْرًا فَتَزَوَّجَهَا وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَةً مَلِيحَةَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ فِيهَا صِغَرٌ فَكَانَتْ مَعَهُ حَتَّى وُلِدَ مِنْهُ بُنَيٌّ وَكَانَ يُحِبُّهُ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ حُبًّا شَدِيدًا إِذْ مَرِضَ الصَّبِيُّ وَتَواضَعَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ لِمَرَضِهِ أَوْ تَضَعْضَعَ لَهُ فَانْطَلَقَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَمَاتَ الصَّبِيُّ فَقَالَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ ؓ لَا يَنْعَيَنَّ إِلَى أَبِي طَلْحَةَ أَحَدٌ ابْنَهُ حَتَّى أَكُونَ أَنَا أَنْعَاهُ لَهُ فَهَيَّأَتِ الصَّبِيَّ وَوَضَعَتْهُ وَجَاءَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ كَيْفَ ابْنِي؟ فَقَالَتْ يَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ مَا كَانَ مُنْذُ اشْتَكَى أَسْكَنَ مِنْهُ السَّاعَةَ قَالَ فَلِلَّهِ الْحَمْدُ فَأَتَتْهُ بِعَشَائِهِ فَأَصَابَ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ قَامَتْ فَتَطَيَّبَتْ وَتَعَرَّضَتْ لَهُ فَأَصَابَ مِنْهَا فَلَمَّا عَلِمَتْ أَنَّهُ طَعِمَ وَأَصَابَ مِنْهَا قَالَتْ يَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ أَنَّ قَوْمًا أَعَارُوا قَوْمًا عَارِيَةً لَهُمْ فَسَأَلُوهُمْ إِيَّاهَا أَكَانَ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَمْنَعُوهَا؟ فَقَالَ لَا قَالَتْ فَإِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ كَانَ أَعَارَكَ ابْنَكَ عَارِيَةً ثُمَّ قَبَضَهُ إِلَيْهِ فَاحْتَسِبِ ابْنَكَ وَاصْبِرْ فَغَضِبَ ثُمَّ قَالَ تَرَكْتِنِي حَتَّى إِذَا وَقَعْتُ بِمَا وَقَعْتُ بِهِ نَعَيْتِ إِلَيَّ ابْنِي ثُمَّ غَدَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَارَكَ اللهُ لَكُمَا فِي غَابِرِ لَيْلَتِكُمَا فَتَلَقَّتْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْحَمْلِ وَكَانَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ ؓ تُسَافِرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ تَخْرُجُ مَعَهُ إِذَا خَرَجَ وَتَدْخُلُ مَعَهُ إِذَا دَخَلَ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا وَلَدَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ فَأْتُونِي بِالصَّبِيِّ فَأَخَذَهَا الطَّلْقُ لَيْلَةَ قُرْبِهِمْ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ قَالَتْ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَدْخُلُ إِذَا دَخَلَ نَبِيُّكَ وَأَخْرُجُ إِذَا خَرَجَ نَبِيُّكَ وَقَدْ حَضَرَ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ فَوَلَدَتْ غُلَامًا يَعْنِي حِينَ قَدِمَا الْمَدِينَةَ فَقَالَتْ لِابْنِهَا أَنَسٍ انْطَلِقْ بِالصَّبِيِّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخَذَ أَنَسٌ الصَّبِيَّ فَانْطَلَقَ بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَسِمُ إِبِلًا وَغَنَمًا فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ لِأَنَسٍ أَوَلَدَتِ ابْنَةُ مِلْحَانَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَأَلْقَى مَا فِي يَدِهِ فَتَنَاوَلَ الصَّبِيَّ فَقَالَ ائْتُونِي بِتَمَرَاتٍ عَجْوَةٍ فَأَخَذَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ التَّمْرَ فَجَعَلَ يُحَنِّكُ الصَّبِيَّ وَجَعَلَ الصَّبِيُّ يَتَلَمَّظُ فَقَالَ انْظُرُوا إِلَى حُبِّ الْأَنْصَارِ التَّمْرَ فَحَنَّكَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَسَمَّاهُ عَبْدَ اللهِ قَالَ ثَابِتٌ وَكَانَ يُعَدُّ مِنْ خِيَارِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ  

[Machine] In Mecca, there were two seats, and they had a son who would carry them in the morning and bring them to the mosque, then he would leave to earn for them. When evening came, he would carry them and then flip them over. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ lost them and asked about them. They said he had died. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If one person is left for another, then the son of the two seats would have been left." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say that very often, as mentioned in the hadith of Dawud.  

كَانَ بِمَكَّةَ مُقْعَدَانِ وَكَانَ لَهُمَا ابْنٌ يَحْمِلُهُمَا غُدْوَةً وَيَأْتِي بِهِمَا الْمَسْجِدَ فَيَضَعُهُمَا فِيهِ ثُمَّ يَذْهَبُ فَيَكْسِبُ عَلَيْهِمَا فَإِذَا أَمْسَى احْتَمَلَهُمَا فَأَقْلَبَهُمَا فَفَقَدَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلَ عَنْهُ فَقَالُوا مَاتَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَوْ تُرِكَ أَحَدٌ لِأَحَدٍ لَتُرِكَ ابْنُ الْمُقْعَدَيْنِ ثُمَّ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كَثِيرًا يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ دَاوُدَ  

[Machine] "May Allah have mercy on him, we belong to Allah and to Him we shall return." It was said to her, "Your uncle Hamzah has been killed." She replied, "May Allah have mercy on him, we belong to Allah and to Him we shall return." It was said to her, "Your husband has been killed." She said, "We are saddened by it." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, a woman has a branch of faith in her that is not for anything."  

رَحِمَهُ اللهُ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ فَقِيلَ لَهَا قُتِلَ خَالُكِ حَمْزَةُ فَقَالَتْ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ فَقِيلَ لَهَا قُتِلَ زَوْجُكِ فَقَالَتْ وَاحُزْنَاهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّ لِلزَّوْجِ مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ لَشُعْبَةً لَيْسَتْ لِشَيْءٍ  

[Machine] "From Abdullah bin Mas'ood."  

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ