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UMM SALAMAH HIND BINT ABĪ UMAYYAH BIN AL-MUGHĪRAH

Umm Salamah said to Abū Salamah, “It has reached me that if a woman’s husband dies and he is from the inhabitants of Paradise and she does not remarry, Allāh will reunite them in Paradise. So come here; make a covenant that you will not marry after me, and I will make a covenant that I will not marry after you.” He said, “Will you obey me?” She replied, “Yes.” He said, “When I die, remarry. O Allāh, provide Umm Salamah with a man better than me after me, a man who will neither disgrace her nor harm her.” When Abū Salamah died, she said, “Who is better than Abū Salamah?!” After her mourning period, it was not long before the Prophet ﷺ proposed to her through her nephew.

Book: The Illustrious Women of Islām From The First Generation
Taken from: Siyar A'lam an-Nubalā'
By Imām adh-Dhahabī & Al-Isābah fi Tamyīz as-Sahābah by Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalānī
Translated by Rasheed Barbee
Authentic Statements Publications
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