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It was narrated that 'Umar said:"Hafsah bint 'Umar became single when (her husband) Khunais -meaning bin Hudhafah- (died). He was one of the Companions of the Prophet 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 Hafsah.' 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 Hafsah 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 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 Hafsah in marriage to me and I did not give you an 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 speak of her, and I did not want to disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allah; if he had left her, then I would have married her

اخبرنا اسحاق بن ابراهيم، قال انبانا عبد الرزاق، قال انبانا معمر، عن الزهري، عن سالم، عن ابن عمر، عن عمر، قال تايمت حفصة بنت عمر من خنيس - يعني ابن حذافة - وكان من اصحاب النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ممن شهد بدرا فتوفي بالمدينة فلقيت عثمان بن عفان فعرضت عليه حفصة فقلت ان شيت انكحتك حفصة . فقال سانظر في ذلك . فلبثت ليالي فلقيته فقال ما اريد ان اتزوج يومي هذا . قال عمر فلقيت ابا بكر الصديق رضى الله عنه فقلت ان شيت انكحتك حفصة فلم يرجع الى شييا فكنت عليه اوجد مني على عثمان رضي الله عنه فلبثت ليالي فخطبها الى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فانكحتها اياه فلقيني ابو بكر فقال لعلك وجدت على حين عرضت على حفصة فلم ارجع اليك شييا . قلت نعم . قال فانه لم يمنعني حين عرضت على ان ارجع اليك شييا الا اني سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يذكرها ولم اكن لافشي سر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ولو تركها نكحتها