Riyad as-Salihin, 921

Umm Salamah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported:

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, "When a person suffers from a calamity and utters: 'Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un. Allahumma ujurni fi musibati, wakhluf li khairan minha (We belong to Allah and to Him we shall return. O Allah! Compensate me in my affliction, recompense my loss and give me something better in exchange for it), then Allah surely compensates him with reward and better substitute." Umm Salamah (May Allah be pleased with her) said: When Abu Salamah (May Allah be pleased with him) died, I repeated the same supplication as the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had commanded me (to do). So Allah bestowed upon me a better substitute than him (I was married to Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)). [Muslim].

وعنها قالت‏:‏ سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول‏:‏‏"‏ما من عبد تصيبه مصيبه، فيقول إن لله وإنا إليه راجعون‏:‏ اللهم آجرني في مصيبتي، واخلف لي خيرا منها، إلا آجره الله تعالي في مصيبته واخلف له خيراً منها‏.‏ قالت‏:‏ فلما توفي أبو سلمة، قلت كما أمرني رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ، فاخلف الله خيراص منه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم “ ‏(‏‏(‏رواه مسلم‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

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In-Book Reference: Book 6, Hadith 28

Sharh · explanationclick to expand

Guidance from the Hadiths: 1) There is blessing in the Prophet’s supplication. Adherence to his guidance brings good for a person now and in the future. 2) It shows the good outcome of patience and enduring a disaster. Allah Almighty compensates the patient well in this world and in the Hereafter. 3) According to the Sunnah, we should say at the time of affliction: “Inna lillah wa inna ilayhi rāji‘ūn’. Allahumma u’jurni fi musibati wakhluf li khyran minha” (Indeed we belong to Allah and indeed to Him we shall return. O Allah, recompense me for my loss and give me something better than it). We should give up other wrong phrases which people have newly introduced.

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