Riyad as-Salihin — Hadith #45869

On the authority of Abdullah bin Omar, may God be pleased with them both, that Omar, may God be pleased with him, when his daughter Hafsa became orphaned, said: I met Othman bin Affan, may God be pleased with him, and I proposed Hafsa to him and said: If you wish, I can marry you to Hafsa bint Omar? He said: I will look into my matter. It remained several nights, then he met me and said: It seems to me that I will not get married on this day. So I met a father. Al-Siddiq got early, may God be pleased with him, and did not return to anything! So I was more generous to him than I was to Uthman, so I remained Nights, then the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, proposed to her, and she married her to him. Then Abu Bakr met me and said: Perhaps you found out that when you presented it to Hafsa, I did not return anything to you? I said: Yes. He said: Nothing prevented me from returning to you what you had proposed to me except that I knew that the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, had mentioned it, so I would not have divulged the secret of the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, and had the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, left it. May God bless him and grant him peace. ((Narrated by Al-Bukhari)).