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tabarani:20089al-Ḥusayn > ʿUthmān > Ibn Numayr > Saʿd b. Saʿīd > ʿUmar b. Kathīr > Safīnah a freed slave of Um Salamah > Um Salamah

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "No servant is afflicted with a calamity and says, 'Indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return. O Allah, reward me in my affliction and replace it for me with something better, except that Allah will reward him in his affliction and replace it for him with something better.' When Abu Salama passed away, I said, 'Who is better than Abu Salama, the companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ?' Then it was determined for me and I said it, and I married the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ."  

الطبراني:٢٠٠٨٩حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ ثنا عُثْمَانُ ثنا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ ثنا سَعْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ سَفِينَةَ مَوْلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ تُصِيبُهُ مُصِيبَةٌ فَيَقُولُ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ اللهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَاخْلُفْ لِي بِخَيْرٍ مِنْهَا إِلَّا آجَرَهُ اللهُ فِي مُصِيبَتِهِ وَخَلَفَ لَهُ خَيْرًا مِنْهَا» فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قُلْتُ مَنْ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ صَاحِبِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ ثُمَّ عَزَمَ لِي فَقُلْتُهَا فَتَزَوَّجْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ  


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muslim:918bAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Usāmah > Saʿd b. Saʿīd > ʿUmar b. Kathīr b. Aflaḥ > Ibn Safīnah

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.  

مسلم:٩١٨bوَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ كَثِيرِ بْنِ أَفْلَحَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ سَفِينَةَ يُحَدِّثُ

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  

malik:16-43Mālik > Rabīʿah b. Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Um Salamah Zawj al-Nabī ﷺ

Yahya related to me from Malik from Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman from Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet may Allah bless him and grant him peace, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If a misfortune befalls some one and he says, as Allah has ordered, 'We belong to Allah and to Him we are returning. O Allah, reward me in my misfortune and give me better than it afterwards,' Allah will do that for him" (Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajiun. Allahumma' jurniy fi musiybatiy, wa a qibhiy khayran minha, illa faala 'llahu dhalika bihi.). Umm Salama said, "When Abu Salama died I said that, and then I said, 'Who is better than Abu Salama?' " And then Allah left her the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he married her.  

مالك:١٦-٤٣وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ

رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَصَابَتْهُ مُصِيبَةٌ فَقَالَ كَمَا أَمَرَ اللَّهُ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ اللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَأَعْقِبْنِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِلَّا فَعَلَ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ بِهِ قَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قُلْتُ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ وَمَنْ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ فَأَعْقَبَهَا اللَّهُ رَسُولَهُ ﷺ فَتَزَوَّجَهَا  

ahmad:26635Ibn Numayr > Saʿd b. Saʿīd > ʿUmar b. Kathīr > Ibn Safīnah a freed slave of Um Salamah

[Machine] On the authority of Umm Salamah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, she said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Whenever a servant is afflicted with a calamity and he says, 'Verily, to Allah we belong and to Him we shall return. O Allah, reward me for my affliction and replace it for me with something better,' then Allah ﷻ rewards him for his affliction and replaces it for him with something better." Umm Salamah said, "When Abu Salamah passed away, I said, 'Who is better than Abu Salamah, the companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' Then Allah ﷻ made me firm in saying it, so I said, 'O Allah, reward me in my affliction and replace it for me with something better.' After that, I married the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."  

أحمد:٢٦٦٣٥حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سَفِينَةَ مَوْلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ تُصِيبُهُ مُصِيبَةٌ فَيَقُولُ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ اللهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَأخْلِفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِلَّا أَجَرَهُ اللهُ فِي مُصِيبَتِهِ وَخَلَفَ لَهُ خَيْرًا مِنْهَا قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قُلْتُ مَنْ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ صَاحِبِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ ثُمَّ عَزَمَ اللهُ ﷻ لِي فَقُلْتُهَا اللهُمَّ أْجُرْنِيفِي مُصِيبَتِي وَأخْلِفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا قَالَتْ فَتَزَوَّجْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ  

ahmad:26723Wakīʿ > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAbd al-Malik > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Ibn Āb.ah Um Salamah > Um Salamah > Balaghahā

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said: "No Muslim is afflicted with a calamity and says 'Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return. O Allah, reward me in my affliction and replace it with something better,' except that Allah will grant him reward for his affliction and replace it with something better." She said: "So I said, 'Indeed Allah has rewarded me in my affliction, so who will replace me in the place of Abu Salama?' When her waiting period was over, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ proposed to her."  

أحمد:٢٦٧٢٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ابْنِ ابْنَةِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهَا

أَنَّ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يُصَابُ بِمُصِيبَةٍ فَيَقُولُ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ اللهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَاخْلُفْ عَلَيَّ بِخَيْرٍ مِنْهَا إِلَّا فُعِلَ بِهِ ذَلِكَ قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ هَذَا فَأَجَرَنِي اللهُ فِي مُصِيبَتِي فَمَنْيَخْلُفُ عَلَيَّ مَكَانَ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ؟ فَلَمَّا انْقَضَتْ عِدَّتُهَا خَطَبَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ  

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"مَا مِنْ مُسْلِم تُصِيبُهُ مُصِيبَة فَيَقُولُ مَا أَمَرَهُ الله: إِنَّا لله وَإِنَّا إِلَيه رَاجعونَ، اللَّهُم أجُرْنى في مُصِيبَتى وَأَخْلِفْ لي خَيرًا مِنْها إِلا آجَرهُ الله في مُصِيبتِهِ، وَأَخْلَف الله له خَيرًا مِنْها".  

[م] مسلم [هـ] ابن ماجة عن أُم سلمة، [حم] أحمد عن أُم سلمة عن أَبي سلمة