It was narrated from Umm Salamah that Abu Salamah told her that he heard the
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say:
“There is no Muslim who is stricken with a calamity and reacts by saying as
Allah has commanded: ‘Inna lillahi, wa inna ilayhi raji’un. Allahumma
indakah-tasabtu musibati, fajurni iha, wa ‘awwidni minha (Truly, to Allah we
belong and truly, to Him we shall return. O Allah, with You I seek reward for my
calamity, so reward me for it and compensate me),’ but Allah will reward him for
that and compensate him with something better than it.” She said: “When Abu
Salamah died, I remembered what he had told me from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
and I said: ‘Inna lillahi, wa inna ilayhi raji’un. Allahumma indakah-tasabtu
musibati, fajurni ihaiha (Truly, to Allah we belong and truly, to Him we shall
return. O Allah, with You I seek reward for my calamity, so reward me for it).’
But when I wanted to say wa ‘awwidni minha (and compensate me with better), I
said to myself: ‘How can I be compensated with something better than Abu
Salamah?’ Then I said it, and Allah compensated me with Muhammad (ﷺ) and
rewarded me for my calamity.”
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ،
أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ الْجُمَحِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ
عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، أَنَّ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ،
حَدَّثَهَا أَنَّهُ، سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ "
مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يُصَابُ بِمُصِيبَةٍ فَيَفْزَعُ إِلَى مَا أَمَرَ اللَّهُ بِهِ
مِنْ قَوْلِهِ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ اللَّهُمَّ عِنْدَكَ
احْتَسَبْتُ مُصِيبَتِي فَأْجُرْنِي فِيهَا وَعُضْنِي مِنْهَا - إِلاَّ آجَرَهُ
اللَّهُ عَلَيْهَا وَعَاضَهُ خَيْرًا مِنْهَا " . قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ
أَبُو سَلَمَةَ ذَكَرْتُ الَّذِي حَدَّثَنِي عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه
وسلم ـ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ اللَّهُمَّ عِنْدَكَ
احْتَسَبْتُ مُصِيبَتِي هَذِهِ فَأْجُرْنِي عَلَيْهَا . فَإِذَا أَرَدْتُ أَنْ
أَقُولَ وَعُضْنِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا قُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي أُعَاضُ خَيْرًا مِنْ أَبِي
سَلَمَةَ ثُمَّ قُلْتُهَا فَعَاضَنِي اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدًا ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ
. وَآجَرَنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي .