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It was narrated that Umar said: Hafsah bint Umar became single when her husband Khunais -meaning Bin Hudhafah- died. He was one of the Companions of the Prophet who had been present at Badr; and he died in AlMadinah. I met Uthman Bin Affan and offered Hafsah in marriage to him. I said: If you wish; I will marry you to Hafsah. 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 Abu Bakr AlSiddiq; may Allah be pleased with him; and said: If you wish; I will marry Hafsah to you. He did not give me any answer; and I felt more upset with him than I had with Uthman; may Allah be pleased with him. Several days passed; then the Messenger of Allah proposed marriage to her; and I married her to him. Abu Bakr met me and said: Perhaps you felt upset with me when you offered Hafsah in marriage to me and I did not give you an 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 Allah speak of her; and I did not want to disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allah; if he had left her; then I would have married her.