ABU BAKR NEVER REVEALS THE PROPHET’S SECRETS
Umar Ibn Al-Khattaab, may Allah be pleased with him, narrates: “When Hafsah Bint ‘ Umar became a widow after the death of (her husband) Khunays Ibn Hudhafah As-Sahinyy who had been one of the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and he died at Madeenah. I went to ‘ Uthmaan Ibn ‘ Affaan and offered him the hand of Hafsah (for marriage). He said, “I will think it over.” I waited for a few days, then he met me and said, ’It seems that it is not possible for me to marry at present.’
Umar added, “I met Abu Bakr As-Siddeeq and said to him, ’If you wish, I will give my daughter Hafsah in marriage to you.” Abu Bakr kept silent and did not say any word to me in reply. I got more furious with him than with ‘Uthmaan. I waited for a few days, and then Allah’s Messenger asked for her hand, and I gave her in marriage to him. Afterwards I met Abu Bakr who said to me, ‘Perhaps you got angry with me when you offered Hafsah in marriage to me, and I did not give you a reply?’ I said, ‘Yes.’ Abu Bakr said, ‘Nothing prevented me to respond to your proposal except that I knew that Allah’s Messenger had mentioned her, and I never wanted to let out the secret of Allah’s Messenger. And if Allah’s Messenger had refused her, I would have accepted her.’ ” (Reported by Al- Bukhari.)
(Source: Biographies of the Rightly Guided Caliphs.)
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