اللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَأَخْلِفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا
O Allah, reward me for my affliction and give me something better than it in exchange for it,
Sahih Muslim 918a · Source checked
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Source
Sahih Muslim 918a
Book 11, Hadith 4
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What It Means: Reading in Context
Umm Salama reports the Prophet’s teaching about responding to calamity. The complete supplication begins by acknowledging that we belong to Allah and return to Him. This excerpt is the request that follows. Umm Salama recounts using it after Abu Salama’s death and later marrying the Prophet. Her particular experience does not prescribe the same outcome or timetable for everyone who grieves. This entry comes from Sahih Muslim 918a. The displayed text is an excerpt, not the complete narration. Follow the source link to read the narrator, full wording and in-book reference together. A hadith number identifies the source used here; numbering systems can differ between editions. Being able to inspect a source is important when a short statement is shared outside its original setting. The accompanying reflection is an editorial prompt for everyday conduct. It is not part of the hadith and does not replace explanation from qualified scholarship. Avoid extending a short reminder into a religious ruling that the entry itself does not establish.
REFLECTION · EDITORIAL
Allow yourself to grieve while asking Allah for help through the next step.
This reflection is not Qur’an, hadith or an authoritative tafsir.