أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عُمَرَ قَالَ تَأَيَّمَتْ حَفْصَةُ بِنْتُ عُمَرَ مِنْ خُنَيْسٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ حُذَافَةَ وَکَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِمَّنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا فَتُوُفِّيَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَلَقِيتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ فَعَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَفْصَةَ فَقُلْتُ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْکَحْتُکَ حَفْصَةَ فَقَالَ سَأَنْظُرُ فِي ذَلِکَ فَلَبِثْتُ لَيَالِيَ فَلَقِيتُهُ فَقَالَ مَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَ يَوْمِي هَذَا قَالَ عُمَرُ فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا بَکْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَقُلْتُ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْکَحْتُکَ حَفْصَةَ فَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ إِلَيَّ شَيْئًا فَکُنْتُ عَلَيْهِ أَوْجَدَ مِنِّي عَلَی عُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَلَبِثْتُ لَيَالِيَ فَخَطَبَهَا إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَنْکَحْتُهَا إِيَّاهُ فَلَقِيَنِي أَبُو بَکْرٍ فَقَالَ لَعَلَّکَ وَجَدْتَ عَلَيَّ حِينَ عَرَضْتَ عَلَيَّ حَفْصَةَ فَلَمْ أَرْجِعْ إِلَيْکَ شَيْئًا قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَمْنَعْنِي حِينَ عَرَضْتَ عَلَيَّ أَنْ أَرْجِعَ إِلَيْکَ شَيْئًا إِلَّا أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَذْکُرُهَا وَلَمْ أَکُنْ لِأُفْشِيَ سِرَّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَوْ تَرَکَهَا نَکَحْتُهَا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3256
It was narrated that ‘Umar said: “Hafsah bint ‘Umar became single when (her husband) Khunais — meaning bin Uudhafah — (died). He was one of the Companions of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم , who had been present at Badr, and he died in Al Madinah. I met ‘Uthman bin ‘Affan and offered Hafsah in marriage to him. I said: ‘If you wish, I will marry you to Uaf He said: ‘I will think about it.’ A few days passed, then I met him and he said: ‘I do not want to get married at the moment.” ‘Umar said: “Then I met Abu Bakr As Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, and said: ‘If you wish, I will marry IIaf to you.’ He did not give me any answer, and I felt more upset with him than I had with ‘Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him. Several days passed, then the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم proposed marriage to her, and I married her to him. Abu Bakr met me and said: ‘Perhaps you felt upset with me when you offered Uaf in marriage to me and I did not give you any answer?’ I said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘Nothing prevented me from giving you an answer when you made the offer to me except the fact that I had heard the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم speak of her, and I did not want to disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلمif he had left her, then I would have married her.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020