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Chapter 17 of 332 min read
4. الاسترجاع
When the news of death in the family reaches the relatives and friends, they should say : } َإَﻧﱠﺎ ﻟِﻠﱠﮫِ وَ إِ ﻧﱠﺎ إِﻟِﯿْﮫِ رَاﺟِﻌُﻮن { “Innaa lil-laahi wa innaa ilayhi raaji‘oon [Verily we belong to Allaah and verily to Him we must return.]”33 In the case of the husband or wife they should add: Allaahumma ajirnee fee museebatee wakh-luf lee khayran minhaa (or minhu if it is the wife saying it) [Oh Allaah grant me refuge in my affliction and replace her (him) with someone better.] ِﻭلَ ﺍﻟﻠﱠﻪﺴﺕﹸ ﺭﻤِﻌﺎ ﻗﹶﺎﻟﹶﺕﹾ ﺴﺔﹶ ﺃَﻨﱠﻬﻠﹶﻤ ﺴ ﺃُﻡﻥﻋ r ﻘﹸﻭلُ ﻴ : )) ﻘﹸﻭلُ ﺔﹲ ﻓﹶﻴﺼِﻴﺒ ﻤﻪﻠِﻡٍ ﺘﹸﺼِﻴﺒﺴ ﻤﺎ ﻤِﻥ ﻤ ﺍﻟﻠﱠﻪﻩﺭﺎ ﺃَﻤﻤ ) ﻭﻥﺍﺠِﻌﻪِ ﺭﺇِﻨﱠﺎ ﺇِﻟﹶﻴﺇِﻨﱠﺎ ﻟِﻠﱠﻪِ ﻭ ( ﺍ ﻤِﻨﹾﺭﺃَﺨﹾﻠِﻑﹾ ﻟِﻲ ﺨﹶﻴﺘِﻲ ﻭﺼِﻴﺒﻨِﻲ ﻓِﻲ ﻤﺭ ﺃْﺠﻡﺍﻟﻠﱠﻬ ﺎ ﻬ ﺎﺍ ﻤِﻨﹾﻬﺭ ﺨﹶﻴ ﻟﹶﻪﺇِﻻﱠ ﺃَﺨﹾﻠﹶﻑﹶ ﺍﻟﻠﱠﻪ (( ﺃَﺒِﻲ ﻤِﻥﺭ ﺨﹶﻴﻠِﻤِﻴﻥﺴ ﺍﻟﹾﻤﺔﹶ ﻗﹸﻠﹾﺕﹸ ﺃَﻱﻠﹶﻤﻭ ﺴﺎﺕﹶ ﺃَﺒﺎ ﻤ ﻗﹶﺎﻟﹶﺕﹾ ﻓﹶﻠﹶﻤ ﻭلِ ﺍﻟﻠﱠﻪِ ﺴ ﺇِﻟﹶﻰ ﺭﺭﺎﺠﺕٍ ﻫﻴلُ ﺒﺔﹶ ﺃَﻭﻠﹶﻤﺴ r ﻭلَ ﺍﻟﻠﱠﻪِ ﺴ ﻟِﻲ ﺭﺎ ﻓﹶﺄَﺨﹾﻠﹶﻑﹶ ﺍﻟﻠﱠﻪ ﺇِﻨﱢﻲ ﻗﹸﻠﹾﺘﹸﻬ ﺜﹸﻡ ﻗﹶ r ﺎﻟﹶﺕﹾ ﻭلُ ﺍﻟﻠﱠﻪِ ﺴ ﺭلَ ﺇِﻟﹶﻲﺴﺃَﺭ r ﻭﺭﺃَﻨﹶﺎ ﻏﹶﻴ ﻟِﻲ ﺒِﻨﹾﺘﹰﺎ ﻭ ﻓﹶﻘﹸﻠﹾﺕﹸ ﺇِﻥﻨِﻲ ﻟﹶﻪﺨﹾﻁﹸﺒﺔﹶ ﻴﻠﹾﺘﹶﻌ ﺃَﺒِﻲ ﺒﻥ ﺒﺎﻁِﺏ ﺤ ﻓﹶﻘﹶﺎلَ : )) ﺓِﺭ ﺒِﺎﻟﹾﻐﹶﻴﺏﺫﹾﻫ ﻴ ﺃَﻥﻭ ﺍﻟﻠﱠﻪﻋﺃَﺩﺎ ﻭﻨﹾﻬﺎ ﻋﻬﻐﹾﻨِﻴ ﻴ ﺃَﻥﻭ ﺍﻟﻠﱠﻪﻋﺎ ﻓﹶﻨﹶﺩﻨﹶﺘﹸﻬﺎ ﺍﺒ ﺃَﻤ .(( Umm Salamah reported that Allaah’s Messenger (r) said, “For any Muslim who is afflicted with a misfortune and says : “Innaa lil-laahi wa innaa ilayhi raaji‘oon, Allaahumma ajirnee fee museebatee wakh-luf lee khayran minhaa, 32 Sahih al-Bukhari, vol.2, pp.192-93 no.341 (reported by Aboo Sa‘eed al-Khudree), Sahih Muslim, vol.4, pp.1384-85 no.6367 & 6368, Mishkat Al-Masabih,, vol.1, p.367 and Muwatta, p.112, no. 551. 33 surah al-Baqarah 2:156. This du‘aa is known in Arabic as al-Istirjaa‘.
Allaah will replace it with something better.” She then said, “So when Aboo Salamah died I asked myself, ‘Who among Muslims is better than Aboo Salamah, the first family to make the Hijrah?’ When I said [the prayer], Allaah replaced [Aboo Salamah] with Allaah’s Messenger(r). Haatib ibn Abee Balta‘ah was sent by Allaah’s Messenger (r) to propose to me and I said, ‘I have a daughter and I am very jealous.’ The Prophet (r) said, ‘As for her daughter, we ask Allaah to make her benefit Umm Salamah, and I ask Allaah to remove her jealousy. ”34