If any servant (of Allah) who suffers a calamity says:" 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 reward for affliction, and would give him something better than it in exchange. She (Umm Salama) said: When Abu Salama died. I uttered (these very words) as I was commanded (to do) by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. So Allah gave me better in exchange than him. i. e. (I was taken as the wife of) the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ تَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ تُصِيبُهُ مُصِيبَةٌ فَيَقُولُ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ اللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَأَخْلِفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِلاَّ أَجَرَهُ اللَّهُ فِي مُصِيبَتِهِ وَأَخْلَفَ لَهُ خَيْرًا مِنْهَا قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قُلْتُ كَمَا أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَخْلَفَ اللَّهُ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ

She said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "No Muslim is struck by a calamity and then says what Allah has commanded him,

”innā li-llāhi wa-innā ilayhi rājiʿūn. allāhumma uʾjurnī fī muṣībatī, wa-akhlif lī khayran minhā

(Indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed, to Him we return," O Allah, reward me in my calamity and replace it for me with something better than it)

but Allah will replace it for him with something better than it."

She said: When Abu Salamah died, I said, “Which of the Muslims is better than Abu Salamah? The first household to emigrate to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.” Then I said it, and Allah replaced him for me with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Hatib ibn Abi Baltaʿah to me to propose to me on his behalf, so I said, “I have a daughter, and I am very jealous.” He said: "As for her daughter, we will supplicate to Allah to make her independent of her, and I will supplicate to Allah to remove the jealousy."

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ تُصِيبُهُ مُصِيبَةٌ، فَيَقُولُ مَا أَمَرَهُ اللَّهُ:

﴿إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ﴾، اللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي، وَأَخْلِفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا،

إِلاَّ أَخْلَفَ اللَّهُ لَهُ خَيْرًا مِنْهَا».

قَالَتْ: فَلَمَّا مَاتَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قُلْتُ: أَىُّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ؟ أَوَّلُ بَيْتٍ هَاجَرَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، ثُمَّ إِنِّي قُلْتُهَا، فَأَخْلَفَ اللَّهُ لِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ.

قَالَتْ: أَرْسَلَ إِلَىَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَاطِبَ بْنَ أَبِي بَلْتَعَةَ يَخْطُبُنِي لَهُ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّ لِي بِنْتًا وَأَنَا غَيُورٌ، فَقَالَ: «أَمَّا ابْنَتُهَا فَنَدْعُو اللَّهَ أَنْ يُغْنِيَهَا عَنْهَا، وَأَدْعُو اللَّهَ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ بِالْغَيْرَةِ».

" When Abu Salama died I said: Who is better than Abu Salama, the Companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and Allah decided for me and I said (these words contained in the supplication mentioned above) and I was married to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ وَزَادَ قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قُلْتُ مَنْ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ صَاحِبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ عَزَمَ اللَّهُ لِي فَقُلْتُهَا قَالَتْ فَتَزَوَّجْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ