Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3259
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ صَالِحٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، رضى الله عنه حَدَّثَنَا قَالَ يَعْنِي تَأَيَّمَتْ حَفْصَةُ بِنْتُ عُمَرَ مِنْ خُنَيْسِ بْنِ حُذَافَةَ السَّهْمِيِّ - وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَتُوُفِّيَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ - قَالَ عُمَرُ فَأَتَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَعَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتَ عُمَرَ قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْكَحْتُكَ حَفْصَةَ . قَالَ سَأَنْظُرُ فِي أَمْرِي فَلَبِثْتُ لَيَالِيَ ثُمَّ لَقِيَنِي فَقَالَ قَدْ بَدَا لِي أَنْ لاَ أَتَزَوَّجَ يَوْمِي هَذَا . قَالَ عُمَرُ فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ رضى الله عنه فَقُلْتُ إِنْ شِئْتَ زَوَّجْتُكَ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتَ عُمَرَ . فَصَمَتَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ إِلَىَّ شَيْئًا فَكُنْتُ عَلَيْهِ أَوْجَدَ مِنِّي عَلَى عُثْمَانَ فَلَبِثْتُ لَيَالِيَ ثُمَّ خَطَبَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَنْكَحْتُهَا إِيَّاهُ فَلَقِيَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ لَعَلَّكَ وَجَدْتَ عَلَىَّ حِينَ عَرَضْتَ عَلَىَّ حَفْصَةَ فَلَمْ أَرْجِعْ إِلَيْكَ شَيْئًا . قَالَ عُمَرُ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ . قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَمْنَعْنِي أَنْ أَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكَ شَيْئًا فِيمَا عَرَضْتَ عَلَىَّ إِلاَّ أَنِّي قَدْ كُنْتُ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَدْ ذَكَرَهَا وَلَمْ أَكُنْ لأُفْشِيَ سِرَّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَلَوْ تَرَكَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَبِلْتُهَا .
Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak reported to us; he said: Yaqub ibn Ibrahim ibn Sad narrated to us; he said: my father narrated to us, from Salih, from Ibn Shihab, who said: Salim ibn Abd Allah informed me that he heard Abd Allah ibn Umar relate that Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, told us: Hafsah bint Umar became a widow after Khunays ibn Hudhafah al-Sahmi—one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)—who died in Medina. Umar said: I went to Uthman ibn Affan, may Allah be pleased with him, and offered him Hafsah bint Umar, saying: ‘If you wish, I will marry Hafsah to you.’ He said: ‘I will consider it.’ Several nights passed, then he met me and said: ‘I have decided not 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 bint Umar to you.’ Abu Bakr was silent and gave me no answer, so 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 met me and said: ‘Perhaps you were upset with me when you offered Hafsah to me and I gave you no answer.’ Umar said: I replied, ‘Yes.’ Abu Bakr said: ‘Nothing prevented me from answering your offer except that I already knew the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had mentioned her, and I would not disclose the Messenger of Allah’s secret. Had the Messenger of Allah left her, I would have accepted her.’
Translation notes
This report recounts Hafsah’s widowhood and Umar’s offer of her hand to Uthman and Abu Bakr before the Prophet proposed to her.
Abu Bakr explains his silence as respect for the Prophet’s undisclosed interest in Hafsah; this wording says he would have accepted her had the Prophet left her.