سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
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بَابُ : مَا جَاءَ فِي الصَّبْرِ عَلَى الْمُصِيبَةِChapter: What was narrated concerning bearing calamity with patience
Hadith 1598
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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 صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، 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 ، إِلَّا آجَرَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهَا وَعَاضَهُ خَيْرًا مِنْهَا " ، قَالَتْ : فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ ، ذَكَرْتُ الَّذِي حَدَّثَنِي عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقُلْتُ : إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ ، اللَّهُمَّ عِنْدَكَ احْتَسَبْتُ مُصِيبَتِي هَذِهِ فَأْجُرْنِي عَلَيْهَا ، فَإِذَا أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَقُولَ : وَعِضْنِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا ، قُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي : أُعَاضُ خَيْرًا مِنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ ، ثُمَّ قُلْتُهَا ، فَعَاضَنِي اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَآجَرَنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي .
´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 indaka ahtasabtu musibati, fajurni fiha, 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 indaka ahtasabtu musibati, fajurni alaiha (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.”
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ The reward for patience in the face of calamity is granted both in the Hereafter and, due to patience, Allah’s blessings are also attained in this world.
➋ The command of Allah alluded to in this hadith refers to Allah’s statement in the Noble Qur’an:
﴿وَبَشِّرِ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ ﴿155﴾ ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَـٰبَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لِلَّـهِ وَإِنَّآ إِلَيْهِ رَٰجِعُونَ ﴿156﴾أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلَوَٰتٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَرَحْمَةٌ ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُهْتَدُونَ﴾ (al-Baqarah: 155–157)
“And give glad tidings to those who are patient, those who, when a calamity befalls them, say: ‘Indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed, to Him we shall return.’ Upon them are blessings from their Lord and mercy, and it is they who are the rightly guided.”
➌ This demonstrates the perfection of the faith of the noble Companions (radi Allahu anhum ajma‘in): that apparently, there was no likelihood of this supplication being accepted, yet even so, Umm Salamah (radi Allahu anha), in obedience to the Prophetic command (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), made the supplication and regarded the Prophetic statement as true and certain.
➍ Those who have faith in Allah’s promises—Allah fulfills their needs and completes His promises.
➊ The reward for patience in the face of calamity is granted both in the Hereafter and, due to patience, Allah’s blessings are also attained in this world.
➋ The command of Allah alluded to in this hadith refers to Allah’s statement in the Noble Qur’an:
﴿وَبَشِّرِ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ ﴿155﴾ ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَـٰبَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لِلَّـهِ وَإِنَّآ إِلَيْهِ رَٰجِعُونَ ﴿156﴾أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلَوَٰتٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَرَحْمَةٌ ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُهْتَدُونَ﴾ (al-Baqarah: 155–157)
“And give glad tidings to those who are patient, those who, when a calamity befalls them, say: ‘Indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed, to Him we shall return.’ Upon them are blessings from their Lord and mercy, and it is they who are the rightly guided.”
➌ This demonstrates the perfection of the faith of the noble Companions (radi Allahu anhum ajma‘in): that apparently, there was no likelihood of this supplication being accepted, yet even so, Umm Salamah (radi Allahu anha), in obedience to the Prophetic command (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), made the supplication and regarded the Prophetic statement as true and certain.
➍ Those who have faith in Allah’s promises—Allah fulfills their needs and completes His promises.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1598
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
We all belong to Allah, and to Him alone we shall return.
O Allah! I seek the reward for my calamities from You, so grant me a good reward for my patience over them,
and in exchange for these calamities, grant me something better than them.
1:
We all belong to Allah, and to Him alone we shall return.
O Allah! I seek the reward for my calamities from You, so grant me a good reward for my patience over them,
and in exchange for these calamities, grant me something better than them.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 3511
