It is narrated from Umm al-Mu’minin Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), she says: My husband Abu Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) once returned from the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say something that made me very happy. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When any Muslim is afflicted by a calamity and at that time he says (INNA LILLAHI WA INNA ILAYHI RAJI’UN) and recites this supplication: ALLAHUMMA’JURNI FI MUSIBATI WAKHLUF LI KHAIRAN MINHA (O Allah! Reward me for my affliction and grant me something better in exchange for it), then Allah grants him these things. Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) says: I remembered this statement of his, and when Sayyiduna Abu Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away, I said (INNA LILLAHI WA INNA ILAYHI RAJI’UN) and recited this supplication: ALLAHUMMA’JURNI FI MUSIBATI WAKHLUF LI KHAIRAN MINHA. But at the same time, I thought in my heart: Who could be better and more virtuous than Abu Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him)? (Nevertheless, I continued the supplication.) So, when my waiting period (‘iddah) was completed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sought permission to enter my house. At that time, I was tanning leather. I quickly washed my hands and allowed him (peace and blessings be upon him) to enter. I placed a leather pillow filled with palm fibers for him (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) sat on it and proposed marriage to me. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) finished speaking, I said: O Messenger of Allah! There is nothing that makes me disinclined towards you, in fact, the matter is that I have a strong sense of jealousy. I fear that perhaps you may see something in me because of which Allah may punish me. Also, I am now an old woman and I have children. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: As for the jealousy you mentioned, Allah will soon remove it. As for your age, I am also in a similar state. And as for your children, they will be my own children. Thus, I accepted the words of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married me. Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) says that Allah granted me a better husband than Abu Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him), that is, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).