It is narrated from Sayyida Umm Salama (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever, after being afflicted by a calamity, recites this supplication: {اِنَّا لِلّٰہِ وَاِنَّا اِلَیْہِ رَاجِعُوْنَ} "O Allah, reward me in my calamity and grant me something better in exchange for it." (Indeed, we belong to Allah and indeed to Him we shall return. O Allah! Reward me in my calamity and grant me a better substitute for it), then Allah Almighty grants him reward in his calamity and gives him a better substitute. So when my husband, Sayyiduna Abu Salama (may Allah be pleased with him), passed away, I said: Who can be better than the Companion of the Messenger of Allah, Abu Salama (may Allah be pleased with him)? But then Allah Almighty granted me strength and patience, and I recited this supplication: O Allah! Reward me in my calamity and grant me a better substitute for it. Thus, I married the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).