Jamal Abdinasir – From Umm Salamah to Umm AlMumineen Recital Revival

Teach his family. Dazakallahu alayhi wa sallam.

So he taught his wife, who was known

as Umu Salama.

He said to her, we were at the

gathering of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam.

And he taught us,

if a calamity,

a tragedy

was to befall upon you, then say, Inna

lillahi wa innaa ilayhi rajiroon

Allahummajurnee

fee musivati

waakhlifli

khairaminha.

Say,

To Allah do we belong and to Him

shall we return.

Allahumma O Allah.

O Jornayfi Musseebati.

Reward me for my tragedy.

And change for me something better. Bring for

me something greater.

So he taught his wife this to her.

A little while later, Abu Salama passed away.

He passed away

and she remembered the dua that her late

husband taught her,

which is what?

So she said the dua. She says, Inna

rillah wa inna ilayhi rajaron Allahumajjullnifin

Musibati wa akhlifin khairomina.

And the narration mentions

that although she believed in the dua,

the last part of the dua startled her.

Oh Allah, grant me something better. She just

lost her husband. So she's looking amongst the

Sahaba who are alive,

thinking nobody is like her husband.

So who's Allah going to bring for me?

Who is better than Abu Salama?

She's just looking at her husband. The other

sahaba, she doesn't, you know? He doesn't think

they're good enough.

Then the Prophet

came to her house and proposed to her.

And he said,

I wish to marry you.

Rasulullah

So, she was shocked.

She said,

O Messenger of Allah, that's not an issue.

It's not a problem. But I have three

things

that are with me that are not positive

things. And I feel like I'll be burdening

you with you if you get married.

As for the first one,

she said,

I have become very old now. Not a

young lady anymore.

The second one is, I have a lot

of children at the moment.

With a past marriage.

And the final one is,

I am a woman who is very jealous,

and you have a lot of other wives.

I don't think I can cope with that.

So, the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam responded

to her. Look at what he said. He

said, As for the first issue which is

you are old, I am old too.

The prophet is saying, I am not saying

I'm young.

We're around the same age. It's fine. It's

okay.

As for you having a lot of children,

then he said, your children are now my

children. Forget about that as well. As for

you

being a woman who has this jealousy,

fa'inni asa ruleaha, I ask Allah that he

removes this away from you. This one we

can't cope with.

This one I can't really help you with.

I only ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to

take this away from you. And then they

got married. And this shows how the du'a

works.

Look at this.

She genuinely believed

in the du'a, but she thought from Due

to what she sees, that there's nobody better

than Abu Salama.

But she trusted in the dua. Trust in

Allah's plan.

When you trust in Allah's plan,

you get your problem solved. Not only that,

you get Allah's love as well.

Allah loves those who trust Him.

She thought it's not possible, but she said,

okay, let's just try it. And then she

got her answer. She got the best person.

You see, was this person better than Abu

Salama? No, Nawa. The prophet sallallahu alaihi wa

sallam.