Dua on Receiving Bad News (Inna Lillāhi)
Upon receiving news of a calamity or loss
إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ · اللَّهُمَّ آجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَأَخْلِفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا
Transliteration
Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rāji'ūn · Allāhumma ajurnī fī muṣībatī wa akhlif lī khayran minhā
Translation
Indeed we belong to Allāh and to Him we will return · O Allāh, reward me in my affliction and replace it for me with something better.
Umm Salamah RA said: When I said this upon the death of Abu Salamah, Allāh replaced him for me with better — the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ.