Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1618
وَعَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ تُصِيبُهُ مُصِيبَةٌ فَيَقُولُ مَا أَمَرَهُ اللَّهُ بِهِ: (إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ) اللَّهُمَّ أَجِرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَاخْلُفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِلَّا أَخْلَفَ اللَّهُ لَهُ خَيْرًا مِنْهَا ". فَلَمَّا مَاتَ أَبُو سَلمَة قَالَت: أَيُّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ؟ أَوَّلُ بَيْتِ هَاجَرَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ إِنِّي قُلْتُهَا فَأَخْلَفَ اللَّهُ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. رَوَاهُ مُسلم
Umm Salama reported that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "When a Muslim suffers a calamity and says what Allah has commanded him to say, ‘We belong to Allah and to Him we are returning. O Allah, reward me in my calamity and replace it for me with something better,’ Allah will replace it for him with something better." When Abu Salama died, she said, "Which Muslim could be better than Abu Salama? His was the first household to migrate to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him." Then I said these words, and Allah replaced him for me with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. Muslim transmitted it.
Translation notes
The English witness adds historical details about migration to Abyssinia and Abu Salama’s death from Uhud wounds; these details are not present in the supplied Arabic.
أَوَّلُ بَيْتِ هَاجَرَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
The Arabic states that this was the first household to migrate to the Messenger of Allah; the witness supplies additional historical context absent from this source.
Does the phrase اول بيت refer to the household as the first to migrate to the Messenger, as rendered here?