Sahih al-Bukhari 5145
The meaning of the cancelling of the engagement.
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ ؓ يُحَدِّثُ
أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ حِينَ تَأَيَّمَتْ حَفْصَةُ قَالَ عُمَرُ لَقِيتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَقُلْتُ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْكَحْتُكَ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتَ عُمَرَ فَلَبِثْتُ لَيَالِيَ ثُمَّ خَطَبَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَقِيَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَمْنَعْنِي أَنْ أَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكَ فِيمَا عَرَضْتَ إِلاَّ أَنِّي قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ ذَكَرَهَا فَلَمْ أَكُنْ لأُفْشِيَ سِرَّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَوْ تَرَكَهَا لَقَبِلْتُهَا
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abū al-Yamān
- Shuʿayb
- al-Zuhrī
- Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh
- ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar Yuḥaddith
"When Hafsa became a widow," ʿUmar said, "I met Abu Bakr and said to him, 'If you wish I will marry Hafsa bint ʿUmar to you.' I waited for a few days then Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked for her hand. Later Abu Bakr met me and said, 'Nothing stopped me from returning to you concerning your offer except that I knew that Messenger of Allah ﷺ had mentioned (his wish to marry) her, and I could never let out the secret of Messenger of Allah ﷺ. If he had left her, I would have accepted her.' "
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