| About Minor and Great Afflictions Upon the Believer (132) |
Allah the Exalted said:
<<Those that say, when afflicted with calamity, 'Innă lil-lăhi wa 'innă 'ilayhi răji`oona(*) They are those upon whom [descend] blessings from their Lord and Mercy. And they are the ones
who are guided.>> (Al- Baqarah 2:156-157)
'Ummu Salamata  said: I heard the Messenger of Allah  saying: "There is not a slave afflicted with a calamity who then says: 'Innă lil-lăhi wa 'innă 'ilayhi răji`oona, 'allăhumma'jurnee
fee museebatee, wa 'akhliflee khayran minhă(154)
except that Allah would grant him reward in his calamity, and would succeed it with good consequence
for him.
She said: So when Abu Salamata [her husband] died; I said like the Messenger of Allah had commanded me. So Allah caused him to be succeeded with one who was better than him for me: the Messenger of Allah . |
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(*) To Allah we belong, and to Him is our return.
(154) We are for Allah, and we are, to Him, returning. O' my 'ilăh grant me reward in my
calamity, and cause it to succeeded with good consequence for me. |
| Reporters
Reported by Muslim, and is #114 in The Authentic of Good Sayings |
| About Minor and Great Afflictions Upon the Believer (133) |
And she said: The Messenger of Allah entered upon Abi Salămata and his eyes were staring fixedly. So he closed them, then he said: "When the soul is grabbed the
sight follows it," some of his family clamored. He then said: "Do not invoke upon yourselves anything but good, because the
Angels are saying 'Aameen' [O' Allah answer] to what you are saying." He then said: Allăhumma 'ighfir li 'Abi Salamata,
warfa` darajatahu fil mahdiyyeena, wakhlufhu fee `aqibihi fil ghabireena, waghfir lană wa lahu yă rabbal `ălameena, wafsah
lahu fee qabrihi, wa nawwir lahu feehi (155)
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(155) O' my 'ilăh I ask Your forgiveness for Abi Salămata, that You raise his rank among
those who are guided, grant him succession in his descendants who remain, forgive us and him O' Lord of the Worlds; grant
him spaciousness in his grave, and make light in it for him. |
| Reporters
Reported by Muslim, and is #115 in The Authentic of Good Sayings |
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