A man whose sandal strap breaks and who says: To Allah we belong and to Him we return

Awn bin Abdullah says: One day Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) was walking with some of his companions when the strap of his sandal broke. At this he recited: Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un (We belong to Allah and to Him we return). One of the people said to him: "O Abu Abd al-Rahman! Do you recite 'Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un' over a strap?" He said: "I have no regret, for straps are plentiful, but it is still a calamity."

Abdullah bin Khalifah says: The strap of Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab's (may Allah be pleased with him) sandal broke, so he recited: Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un (We belong to Allah and to Him we return). And he said: "Everything that displeases you is a calamity and a hardship."

Mujahid says that Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said: The strap of Sayyiduna Umar's (may Allah be pleased with him) sandal broke, and at this he recited: Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un (We belong to Allah and to Him we return). The people said: "O Commander of the Believers! Even when a sandal strap breaks?" He said: "Yes. Everything that afflicts a believer and that he dislikes is a calamity."