حَدَّثَنَا
يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنَا
حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ
ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي
ابْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بِمِنًى ، عَنْ
أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ
أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ ، قَالَتْ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ :
" مَنْ أَصَابَتْهُ مُصِيبَةٌ ، فَلْيَقُلْ : إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ ، اللَّهُمَّ عِنْدَكَ أَحْتَسِبُ مُصِيبَتِي ، فَأْجُرْنِي فِيهَا وَأَبْدِلْنِي بِهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا " , فَلَمَّا مَاتَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قُلْتُهَا ، فَجَعَلْتُ كُلَّمَا بَلَغْتُ وَأَبْدِلْنِي بِهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا ، قُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي وَمَنْ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ ، ثُمَّ قُلْتُهَا , فَلَمَّا انْقَضَتْ عِدَّتُهَا ، بَعَثَ إِلَيْهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَخْطُبُهَا ، فَلَمْ تَزَوَّجْهُ ، فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ يَخْطُبُهَا عَلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَتْ : أَخْبِرْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنِّي امْرَأَةٌ غَيْرَى ، وَأَنِّي امْرَأَةٌ مُصْبِيَةٌ ، وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِي شَاهِدًا , فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرَ لَهُ ذَلِكَ ، فَقَالَ : " ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهَا ، فَقُلْ لَهَا : أَمَّا قَوْلُكِ إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ غَيْرَى ، فَأَدْعُو اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ، فَيُذْهِبُ غَيْرَتَكِ ، وَأَمَّا قَوْلُكِ : إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ مُصْبِيَةٌ ، فَسَتُكْفَيْنَ صِبْيَانَكِ ، وَأَمَّا قَوْلُكِ : إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِكِ شَاهِدًا ، فَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِكِ شَاهِدٌ وَلَا غَائِبٌ يَكْرَهُ ذَلِكَ " .
It is narrated from Hazrat Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "When a person is afflicted with a calamity and he says 'Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un' and then supplicates: 'O Allah! Grant me reward for this calamity and grant me something better in exchange for it,' then Allah Almighty will grant him reward for his calamity and will give him something better in exchange for it." When my husband Abu Salamah passed away, I thought, "Who could be better than Abu Salamah?" Yet Allah Almighty gave me the strength of honor and I recited this supplication. After my waiting period ('iddah) was over, Hazrat Abu Bakr and Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) each sent a proposal of marriage in turn, but I did not accept. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Hazrat Umar to me with a proposal for himself. I said, "Please inform the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that I am a very jealous woman, I also have children, and I do not have any guardian present here." Hazrat Umar conveyed these words to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Go and tell her that I will pray to Allah and your jealousy will be removed. As for the children, you will continue to care for them. As for the guardian, none of your guardians, whether absent or present, will dislike this."