When Umm Salamah lost her husband

When Umm Salamah lost her husband, one of the early converts to Islam and a most beloved companion, she mourned him bitterly.

But she turned to Allah with patience (sabr) and Dua:

“Allahuma ajirni fi museebati wakhlifli khayran minha - O Allah, compensate me for my hardship and replace it with something which is better.”

Even as she was saying the Dua she thought “Who could be better than Abu Salamah?”

The Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ was the man better than Abu Salamah, and Allah blessed her with marriage to the noble Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ .

No matter what you’ve lost in this world, Allah can ALWAYS substitute it with something better.

During tough times do your best to envision a positive future and never give up on hope and good expectations of Allah. 

Hope is more valuable than we give it credit.

Hope remembers all the times in the past that you made it through.

Hope teams up with faith and believes the impossible.

Make dua and forget and know that Allah never forgets. When Allah empties our hands it's only to fill it with something greater, better and eternal. 

May Allah bless us with the best of deen, duniya and akhira - Allahumma ameen.

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