She heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "There is no Muslim who is struck by a calamity and says what Allah has commanded, 'Indeed, we belong to Allah and to Him we shall return. O Allah, reward me in my calamity and replace it for me with something better,' except that Allah will replace it for him with something better."She said, "When Abu Salama died, I said to myself, 'Which of the Muslims is better than Abu Salama? His was the first household to migrate to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' Then I said the supplication, and Allah replaced him for me with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."She said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Hatib bin Abu Balta to me to propose marriage on his behalf. I said, 'I have a daughter, and I am a jealous woman.'"He replied, "As for her daughter, we will pray to Allah to make her independent of her mother, and I will pray to Allah to remove the jealousy."
إنها سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول: ما من مسلم تصيبه مصيبة فيقول ما أمره الله: إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون، اللهم أجرني في مصيبتي، واخلف لي خيرا منها، إلا أخلف الله له خيرا منها. قالت: فلما مات أبو سلمة قلت: أي المسلمين خير من أبي سلمة؟ أول بيت هاجر إلى رسول الله ﷺ، ثم إني قلتها، فأخلف الله لي رسول الله ﷺ قالت: أرسل إلي رسول الله ﷺ حاطب بن أبي بلتعة يخطبني له، فقلت: إن لي بنتا وأنا غيور، فقال: أما ابنتها فندعو الله أن يغنيها عنها، وأدعو الله أن يذهب بالغيرة.
Muslim narrated it in the Book of Funerals (918) through several chains from Ismail bin Jafar, from Saad bin Saeed, from Umar bin Kathir bin Aflah, from Ibn Safina, from Umm Salama, and I have already related it.Muslim also narrated it through another route from Abu Usama, from Saad bin Saeed with his chain, and in it he said, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "There is no servant who is struck by a calamity and says, 'Indeed we belong to Allah, and to Him we shall return. O Allah, reward me for my calamity and replace it for me with something better,' except that Allah will reward him for his calamity and replace it for him with something better."Umm Salama said, "So when Abu Salama died, I said what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had commanded me to say, and Allah replaced him for me with someone better than him, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."