Hadith 3250

A Man OfferingHis Daughter In Marriage ToSomeone Whom He Likes

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Darussalam · Volume 4

26. The Book Of Marriage

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 3248 ¦ الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 77

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صحيح وضعيف سنن النسائي (opens in a new tab)
Source no. 3248 · Volume 7 · Page 320
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Source no. 3047 · Volume 2 · Page 685
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3250. It was narrated that 'Umar said: "Ḥafṣah bint 'Umar became single when (her husband) Khunais – meaning bin Ḥudhāfah – (died). He was one of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ who had been present at Badr, and he died in Al-Madīnah. I met 'Uthmān bin 'Affān and offered Ḥafṣah in marriage to him. I said: 'If you wish, I will marry you to Ḥafṣah.' 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 Abū Bakr Aṣ-Ṣiddīq, may Allāh be pleased with him, and said: 'If you wish, I will marry Ḥafṣah to you.' He did not give me any answer, and I felt more upset with him than I had with 'Uthmān, may Allāh be pleased with him. Several days passed, then the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ proposed marriage to her, and I married her to him. Abū Bakr met me and said: 'Perhaps you felt upset with me when you offered Ḥafṣah 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 Allāh ﷺ speak of her, and I did not want to disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ; if he had left her, then I would have married her.'" (Sahīh)

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3248 - 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، وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، 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، رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَقُلْتُ: إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْكَحْتُكَ حَفْصَةَ، فَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ إِلَيَّ شَيْئًا، فَكُنْتُ عَلَيْهِ أَوْجَدَ مِنِّي عَلَى عُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، فَلَبِثْتُ لَيَالِيَ، «فَخَطَبَهَا إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَنْكَحْتُهَا إِيَّاهُ»، فَلَقِيَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ: لَعَلَّكَ وَجَدْتَ عَلَيَّ حِينَ عَرَضْتَ عَلَيَّ حَفْصَةَ، فَلَمْ أَرْجِعْ إِلَيْكَ شَيْئًا، قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَمْنَعْنِي حِينَ عَرَضْتَ عَلَيَّ أَنْ أَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكَ شَيْئًا، إِلَّا أَنِّي «سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَذْكُرُهَا، وَلَمْ أَكُنْ لِأُفْشِيَ سِرَّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَلَوْ تَرَكَهَا نَكَحْتُهَا»

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Allāh's Messenger's ﷺ secret: in the event of responding, there was chance of letting out the secret. On the other hand, Allāh's Messenger ﷺ had not made any definite decision. He might possibly have changed his mind. In this situation, revelation of the secret could have become the cause of bad feelings between the two groups. Abū Bakr ﷺ, therefore, chose to remain silent. May Allāh be pleased with him and he with Him.