Patience and consolation through the death of our master the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)

Sayyiduna Sabit (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a calamity befalls any of you, let him remember the calamity concerning me, for it is the greatest of calamities."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir. Its chain contains a narrator, Abu Burdah Amr bin Yazid, whom Ibn Hibban declared thiqah (trustworthy) and others declared da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a woman in Jannat al-Baqi' who was sitting by a grave weeping. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: "O servant-woman of Allah! Fear Allah Almighty and be patient." The woman said: "O servant of Allah! My child has died." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O servant-woman of Allah! Fear Allah and be patient." The woman said: "O servant of Allah! If this calamity had befallen you, you would have excused me." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O servant-woman of Allah! Fear Allah and be patient." The woman said: "O servant of Allah! You have made your point; now go away from me." The narrator says: So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went away. A man from among his Companions was following behind him; he stopped by the woman and asked her: "What did the man who has just left say to you?" The woman said: "He said such-and-such to me." The man said: "Do you recognise him?" The woman replied: "No." The man said: "That was the Messenger of Allah." The narrator says: The woman quickly got up and came, saying: "I will be patient, I will be patient, O Messenger of Allah!" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Patience is at the first shock; patience is at the first shock."
Imam Abu Ya'la recorded it, and Imam al-Bazzar recorded part of this report. Its chain contains a narrator, Bakr bin al-Aswad Abu Ubaydah al-Naji, and he is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed Sayyiduna al-Fadl bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) to prepare water for his ablution. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went to relieve himself. When he went to relieve himself, he would go far away, until he was out of sight. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had relieved himself and was coming back, he passed by a woman who was sitting at the grave of one of her dead and was lamenting and wailing. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stopped by that woman, and the woman did not recognise him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: "Fear Allah Almighty and be patient." The woman said: "O servant of Allah! Go and see to your own business." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said this to her three times and then left. He took the water for ablution from Sayyiduna al-Fadl. Sayyiduna al-Fadl got up, went to that woman and said to her: "What did the Messenger of Allah say to you?" The woman stood up and said: "Woe to me! This was the Messenger of Allah, and I did not even recognise him!" Then she hurried along until she reached the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) at the door of the mosque. She said: "O Messenger of Allah! By Allah, I did not recognise you." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: "Patience is at the first shock." He said this three times. (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Part of it is transmitted in the Sahih from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him).
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains a narrator, Yusuf bin Atiyyah al-Sa'di, and he is matruk (abandoned) and da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Patience is at the first shock."
Imam al-Bazzar recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, al-Waqidi, about whom there has been much criticism, though he has also been declared trustworthy.