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muslim:918cMuḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr from my father > Saʿd b. Saʿīd > ʿUmar / Ibn Kathīr > Ibn Safīnah a freed slave of Um Salamah

" 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.  

مسلم:٩١٨cوَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عُمَرُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ كَثِيرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سَفِينَةَ مَوْلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

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