4.2. HER MARRIAGE TO THE PROPHET (PEACE BE UPON HIM)
Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was sad for his daughter who was widowed at an early age and kept that status for a few months. In this regard, Wmar narrated, “I went to 
As was still affected by the death of his wife, Ruqayyah, might accept his apology for not being able to marry Hafsah.
Yet again Umar said, “Then I met Abu Bakr and said to him, ‘If you wish (to marry), I will marry you Hafsah bint Wmar.’ Abu Bakr kept quiet and did not give me any reply. I became more angry with him than I was with Uthman
Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) became more angry with Abu Bakr than he was with Uthman because of two points: the first of them was that there were intimate relations between them and that the Prophet (peace be upon him) had associated them as brothers (in religion). The second was that Uthman answered him first and then he apologized to him but Abu Bakr did not offer him any answer.
Indeed, Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) became angry with his two intimate friends. So, he came up to the Prophet to relieve his pain and sorrow. Thereupon, Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, “Hafsah will get married to someone who is better than Uthman and Uthman will get married to someone who is better than Hafsah.“
Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said that a few nights went by until the Prophet (peace be upon him) came to him to engage her, and he then accepted. Pleasantly, the great hope of was achieved when the Prophet (peace be upon him) engaged Hafsah and married her. Actually, and Hafsah were greatly pleased with this blessed marriage.
Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) married Umm Kulthum, a daughter of Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him). after the death of her sister, Ruqayyah.
Thereupon, ibn al-Musayyab (may Allah be pleased with him) said, “Allah has chosen for them all. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was better to Hafsah than Uthman and the daughter of Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) was better to Uthman than Hafsah.
From the above-mentioned incident we learn the value of keeping a secret. If a man told others of his secret, there would be no restriction on them to do the same. Truly, Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) kept the secret of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) as he apologized, for Umar saying, “Perhaps you became angry with me for not giving you a reply when you offered me Hafsah in marriage.” I said, “Yes.” Abu Bakr said, “Nothing stopped me from responding to your offer except that I knew that Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) had mentioned her, and I never wanted to disclose the secret of Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him). And, had Allah’s Messenger refused her, I would have accepted her.”
Eventually, this blessed marriage was contracted in Sha’ban, 3 AH. Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) was approximately twenty years by then while the Prophet (peace be upon him) was fifty-five years.
(SOURCE: Wives of Prophet Muhammad, Their Strives and Their Lives by Muhammad Fathi Mus’ ad)
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