Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3248
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ عُمَرَ، قَالَ تَأَيَّمَتْ حَفْصَةُ بِنْتُ عُمَرَ مِنْ خُنَيْسٍ - يَعْنِي ابْنَ حُذَافَةَ - وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِمَّنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا فَتُوُفِّيَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَلَقِيتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ فَعَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَفْصَةَ فَقُلْتُ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْكَحْتُكَ حَفْصَةَ . فَقَالَ سَأَنْظُرُ فِي ذَلِكَ . فَلَبِثْتُ لَيَالِيَ فَلَقِيتُهُ فَقَالَ مَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَ يَوْمِي هَذَا . قَالَ عُمَرُ فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ رضى الله عنه فَقُلْتُ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْكَحْتُكَ حَفْصَةَ فَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ إِلَىَّ شَيْئًا فَكُنْتُ عَلَيْهِ أَوْجَدَ مِنِّي عَلَى عُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَلَبِثْتُ لَيَالِيَ فَخَطَبَهَا إِلَىَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَنْكَحْتُهَا إِيَّاهُ فَلَقِيَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ لَعَلَّكَ وَجَدْتَ عَلَىَّ حِينَ عَرَضْتَ عَلَىَّ حَفْصَةَ فَلَمْ أَرْجِعْ إِلَيْكَ شَيْئًا . قُلْتُ نَعَمْ . قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَمْنَعْنِي حِينَ عَرَضْتَ عَلَىَّ أَنْ أَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكَ شَيْئًا إِلاَّ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَذْكُرُهَا وَلَمْ أَكُنْ لأُفْشِيَ سِرَّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَلَوْ تَرَكَهَا نَكَحْتُهَا .
Ishaq ibn Ibrahim informed us; he said: Abd al-Razzaq informed us; he said: Mamar informed us, from al-Zuhri, from Salim, from Ibn Umar, from Umar, who said: Hafsah bint Umar became a widow after Khunays—meaning Ibn Hudhafah—one of the Prophet’s Companions who had fought at Badr; he died in Medina. I met Uthman ibn Affan and offered Hafsah to him, saying: ‘If you wish, I will marry Hafsah to you.’ He said: ‘I will think about it.’ Several nights passed, then I met him again and he said: ‘I do not wish to marry at this time.’
Umar said: I then met Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, and said: ‘If you wish, I will marry Hafsah to you.’ He gave me no answer, and I felt more upset with him than I had with Uthman. Several nights passed, then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) proposed to her, and I married her to him. Abu Bakr later met me and said: ‘Perhaps you were upset with me when you offered Hafsah to me and I gave you no answer.’ I said, ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘Nothing prevented me from answering when you offered her except that I had heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) mention her, and I would not disclose the Messenger of Allah’s secret. Had he left her, I would have married her.’
Translation notes
Umar offers his widowed daughter Hafsah first to Uthman and then to Abu Bakr; after both conversations, the Prophet proposes and Umar marries her to him.
Abu Bakr explains that he remained silent because he knew of the Prophet’s interest in Hafsah and would not disclose what he regarded as the Prophet’s secret.