حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ حُسَيْنٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ لَمَّا تَأَيَّمَتْ حَفْصَةُ وَكَانَتْ تَحْتَ خُنَيْسِ بْنِ حُذَافَةَ لَقِيَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ عُثْمَانَ فَعَرَضَهَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ مَا لِي فِي النِّسَاءِ حَاجَةٌ وَسَأَنْظُرُ فَلَقِيَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَعَرَضَهَا عَلَيْهِ فَسَكَتَ فَوَجَدَ عُمَرُ فِي نَفْسِهِ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ خَطَبَهَا فَلَقِيَ عُمَرُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ عَرَضْتُهَا عَلَى عُثْمَانَ فَرَدَّنِي وَإِنِّي عَرَضْتُهَا عَلَيْكَ فَسَكَتَّ عَنِّي فَلَأَنَا عَلَيْكَ كُنْتُ أَشَدَّ غَضَبًا مِنِّي عَلَى عُثْمَانَ وَقَدْ رَدَّنِي فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِنَّهُ قَدْ كَانَ ذَكَرَ مِنْ أَمْرِهَا وَكَانَ سِرًّا فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُفْشِيَ السِّرَّ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4807
It was narrated that Ibn 'Umar said: When Hafsah was widowed, having been married to Khunays ibn Hudhaafah, 'Umar met 'Uthmaan and offered her to him in marriage, but 'Uthmaan said: I am not interested in getting married, but I shall think about it. Then he met Abu Bakr and offered her to him in marriage, but he remained silent (and did not answer), and 'Umar felt upset with Abu Bakr. Then when tbe Messenger of Allah (PBUH) proposed to her, 'Umar met Abu Bakr and said: I offered her in marriage to Uthmaan and he refused, and I offered her in marriage to you and you kept quiet, and I was more upset with you than with 'Uthmaan, for he answered me Abu Bakr said: (The Prophet (PBUH)) had mentioned her, but it was a secret, and I did not want to divulge the secret.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020