Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 12343 — A man who receives news of someone's

Abdullah bin Abd al-Rahman bin Abza said: When news of a man's death reached Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), he would say: 'Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un. Allahumma irfa' darajatahu fi al-muhtadin, wakhlufhu fi 'aqibihi fi al-ghabirin, wa nahtasibuhu 'indaka Rabb al-'alamin, la tudillana ba'dahu wa la tahrimna ajrahu' (We belong to Allah and to Him we return. O Allah, raise his rank among the rightly guided, take his place among his descendants who remain behind, and we hope for the reward of his loss with You, Lord of the worlds; do not let us go astray after him and do not deprive us of his reward).