It is narrated from Hazrat Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) through Abu Salamah that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When any of you is afflicted by a calamity, he should say "Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un" and then say: "O Allah, I seek reward from You for this calamity, so grant me reward for it and grant me a better substitute for it." When Abu Salamah fell ill with his fatal illness, I prayed: "O Allah, decide good for my husband." When he passed away, I recited the aforementioned supplication, and when I wanted to say, "Grant me a better substitute for him," the thought came to my mind: Who could be better than Abu Salamah? But still, I kept saying it. When my waiting period ('iddah) ended, Hazrat Abu Bakr and Hazrat Umar sent marriage proposals one after the other, but I rejected them. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me a marriage proposal. I said, "O Messenger of Allah, none of my guardians are present here." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "None of your guardians, whether absent or present, will dislike it." She said to her son, Umar bin Abi Salamah, "You arrange my marriage with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." So he gave Hazrat Umm Salamah in marriage to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her, "Whatever I have given to your sisters (my wives), I will not give you less than that: two millstones, a water-skin, and a leather pillow stuffed with palm fiber." After that, whenever the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would come to her for privacy, as soon as she saw him, she would take her daughter Zainab and seat her in her lap, and eventually the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would leave as he came. When Hazrat Ammar bin Yasir, who was Hazrat Umm Salamah's foster brother, learned of this, he came to Hazrat Umm Salamah and said, "Where is that dirty girl through whom you have been causing the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) distress?" and he took her away with him. This time, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came and entered the house, he looked around all four corners of the room and then asked about the girl, "Where is Zanab (Zainab)?" She replied, "Hazrat Ammar came and took her with him." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had privacy with her and said, "If you wish, I will spend seven days with you, but then I will also spend seven days with each of my other wives."