Volume 7, Book 62, Number 60:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar:
When Hafsa, ‘Umar’s daughter became a widow because of the death of her (husband) Ibn Hud –
hafa As-Sahmi who was one of the companion of the Prophet and the one of the Badr warriors and
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died at Medina, ‘Umar said, “I met ‘Uthman bin ‘Affan and gave him an offer, saying, ‘If you wish, I
will marry Hafsa to you.’ He said. ‘I will think it over’ I waited for a few days, then he met me and
said, ‘I have made up my mind not to marry at present’ “Umar added, “Then I met Abu Bakr and said
to him, ‘If you wish, I will marry Hafsa to you.’ “