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The presentation of one's own daughter or sister (for marriage) to a religious man.

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Darussalam · Volume 7

67 - THE BOOK OF AN-NIKĀH(The Wedlock)

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الحديث: 5122 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 13

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5122. Narrated 'Abdullāh bin 'Umar رضي الله عنه: 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb said, "When Ḥafṣa bint 'Umar became a widow after the death of (her husband) Khunais bin Ḥudhāfa As-Sahmī who had been one of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ - and he died at Al-Madīna - I went to 'Uthmān bin 'Affān and presented Ḥafṣa (for marriage) to him. He said, 'I will think it over.' I waited for a few days, then he met me and said, 'It seems that it is not possible for me to marry at present'." 'Umar further said, "I met Abū Bakr Aṣ-Ṣiddīq and said to him, 'If you wish, I will marry my daughter Ḥafṣa to you.' Abū Bakr kept quiet and did not say anything to me in reply. I became more angry with him than with 'Uthmān. I waited for a few days and then Allāh's Messenger ﷺ asked for her hand, and I gave her in marriage to him. Afterwards I met Abū Bakr who said, 'Perhaps you became angry with me when you presented Hafsa to me and I did not give you a reply?' I said, 'Yes.' Abū Bakr said, 'Nothing stopped me to respond to your offer except that I knew that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ had mentioned her, and I never wanted to let out the secret of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ. And if Allāh's Messenger ﷺ had refused her, I would have accepted her'."

Arabic text

5122 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ العَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، يُحَدِّثُ: أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الخَطَّابِ، حِينَ تَأَيَّمَتْ حَفْصَةُ بِنْتُ عُمَرَ مِنْ خُنَيْسِ بْنِ حُذَافَةَ السَّهْمِيِّ، وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَتُوُفِّيَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الخَطَّابِ: أَتَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ، فَعَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَفْصَةَ، فَقَالَ : سَأَنْظُرُ فِي أَمْرِي، فَلَبِثْتُ لَيَالِيَ ثُمَّ لَقِيَنِي، فَقَالَ: قَدْ بَدَا لِي أَنْ لاَ أَتَزَوَّجَ يَوْمِي هَذَا، قَالَ عُمَرُ: فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنْ شِئْتَ زَوَّجْتُكَ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتَ عُمَرَ، فَصَمَتَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ إِلَيَّ شَيْئًا، وَكُنْتُ أَوْجَدَ عَلَيْهِ مِنِّي عَلَى عُثْمَانَ، فَلَبِثْتُ لَيَالِيَ ثُمَّ «خَطَبَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَأَنْكَحْتُهَا إِيَّاهُ»، فَلَقِيَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ، فَقَالَ: لَعَلَّكَ وَجَدْتَ عَلَيَّ حِينَ عَرَضْتَ عَلَيَّ حَفْصَةَ فَلَمْ أَرْجِعْ إِلَيْكَ شَيْئًا؟ قَالَ عُمَرُ: قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَمْنَعْنِي أَنْ أَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكَ فِيمَا عَرَضْتَ عَلَيَّ، إِلَّا أَنِّي كُنْتُ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ ذَكَرَهَا، فَلَمْ أَكُنْ لِأُفْشِيَ سِرَّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَلَوْ تَرَكَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَبِلْتُهَا

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