Hafsa bint Umar

Hafsa bint Umar
Mother of the Believers
Hafsa bint Umar; Mother of the Believers
	حفصة بنت عمر
Born	Hafsa bint Umar; 605 AD; Mecca, Hejaz, Arabia ; present-day Saudi Arabia
Died	Shaban 45 AH ; October/November c. 665 (aged 59–60); Medina, Hejaz, Arabia; (present-day Saudi Arabia)
Resting place	Jannat al-Baqi, Medina, Hejaz, Arabia; (present-day Saudi Arabia)
Known for	Wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Mother of the Believers
Title	ʾumm ul-mumineen
Spouse(s)	Khunais ibn Hudhaifa (died August 624) ; Muhammad (m. 625; died 632)
Parent(s)	Umar ibn Al-Khattab ; Zaynab bint Madh'uwn
Relatives	Abdullah (full brother); Ubayd Allah (paternal half-brother); Asim (paternal half-brother); Zayd (paternal half-brother); Fatimah (paternal aunt); Uthman (maternal uncle); Zayd (paternal uncle);
Family	Banu Adi (by birth) ; House of Muhammad (by marriage)

Ḥafṣah bint ʿUmar (Arabic: حفصة بنت عمر‎; c. 605–665) was a wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and therefore a Mother of the Believers.

Early life

Hafsah was the daughter of Umar ibn al-Khattab and Zainab bint Madh'uwn. She was born "when Quraysh were building the House [Ka'abah], five years before the Prophet was sent," i.e., in 605.[1]

Marriage

She was married to Khunais ibn Hudhaifah but became a widow in August 624.[2]

As soon as Hafsah had completed her waiting period, her father Umar offered her hand to Uthman Ibn 'Affan, and thereafter to Abu Bakr; but they both refused her. When Umar went to Muhammad to complain about this, Muhammad replied, "Hafsah will marry one better than Uthman and Uthman will marry one better than Hafsah."[3]

Muhammad married Hafsah in Shaaban AH 3 (late January or early February 625).[4] This marriage "gave the Prophet the chance of allying himself with this faithful follower,"[5] i.e., Umar, who now became his father-in-law.

Notable Work

Uthman, when he became Caliph, used Hafsah's copy when he standardized the text of the Qur'an.[6] She is also said to have narrated sixty hadeeth from Muhammad.[7]

Death

She died in Shaban AH 45, i.e., in October or November 665. She is buried in al-Baqi next to the other Mothers of the Faithful.[8][9]

References

Muhammad ibn Saad, Tabaqat vol. 8. Translated by Bewley, A. (1995). The Women of Madina p. 56. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.
Muhammad ibn Saad, Tabaqat vol. 3. Translated by Bewley, A. (2013). The Companions of Badr, p. 307. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.
Ibn Saad/Bewley vol. 8 pp. 56-58. The story is told in five separate traditions.
Ibn Saad/Bewley vol. 8 p. 58.
Margoliouth, D. S. (1905). Mohammed and the Rise of Islam, p. 307. New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Bukhari 6:60:201.
Siddiqi, M. Z. (2006). Hadith Literature: Its Origin, Development, Special Features and Criticism, p. 25. Kuala Lumpar: Islamic Book Trust.
Ibn Saad/Bewley vol. 8 p. 60.
Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Sayyari (2009). Kohlberg, Etan; Amir-Moezzi, Mohammad Ali (eds.). "Revelation and Falsification: The Kitab al-qira'at of Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Sayyari: Critical Edition with an Introduction and Notes by Etan Kohlberg and Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi". Texts and studies on the Qurʼān. BRILL. 4: 103. ISSN 1567-2808.

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[1] Muhammad ibn Saad, Tabaqat vol. 8. Translated by Bewley, A. (1995). The Women of Madina p. 56. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.

[2] Muhammad ibn Saad, Tabaqat vol. 3. Translated by Bewley, A. (2013). The Companions of Badr, p. 307. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.

[3] Ibn Saad/Bewley vol. 8 pp. 56-58. The story is told in five separate traditions.

[4] Ibn Saad/Bewley vol. 8 p. 58.

[5] Margoliouth, D. S. (1905). Mohammed and the Rise of Islam, p. 307. New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons.

[6] Bukhari 6:60:201.

[7] Siddiqi, M. Z. (2006). Hadith Literature: Its Origin, Development, Special Features and Criticism, p. 25. Kuala Lumpar: Islamic Book Trust.

[8] Ibn Saad/Bewley vol. 8 p. 60.

[9] Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Sayyari (2009). Kohlberg, Etan; Amir-Moezzi, Mohammad Ali (eds.). "Revelation and Falsification: The Kitab al-qira'at of Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Sayyari: Critical Edition with an Introduction and Notes by Etan Kohlberg and Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi". Texts and studies on the Qurʼān. BRILL. 4: 103. ISSN 1567-2808.