Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ مُفَرِّجٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ حَبِيبِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الرَّقِّيُّ الصَّمُوتُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبْدِ الْخَالِقِ الْبَصْرِيُّ الْأَزْدِيُّ الْبَزَّارُ قَالَ نا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ قَالَ أنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عُمَرَ وَحَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ نا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ الْحَكَمُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ قَالَ نا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَاهُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ لَمَّا تَأَيَّمَتْ حَفْصَةُ مِنْ خُنَيْسِ بْنِ حُذَافَةَ السَّهْمِيِّ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا فَتُوُفِّيَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ عُمَرُ فَلَقِيتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ فَعَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَفْصَةَ فَقُلْتُ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْكَحْتُكَ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتَ عُمَرَ قَالَ سَأَنْظُرُ فِي أَمْرِي فَلَبِثْتُ لَيَالِيَ ثُمَّ لَقِيَنِي فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَا أُرِيدُ أَتَزَوَّجُ فِي يَوْمِي هَذَا فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْكَحْتُكَ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتَ عُمَرَ فَصَمَتَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَلَمْ يُرْجِعْ إِلَيَّ شَيْئًا فَكُنْتُ عَلَيْهِ أَوْجَدُ مِنِّي عَلَى عُثْمَانَ فَلَبِثْتُ لَيَالِي ثُمَّ خَطَبَهَا إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَنْكَحْتُهَا إِيَّاهُ فَلَقِيَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ لَعَلَّكَ وَجَدْتَ عَلَيَّ حِينَ عَرَضْتَ عَلَيَّ حَفْصَةَ فَلَمْ أُرْجِعْ إِلَيْكَ شَيْئًا قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَمْنَعْنِي أَنْ أُرْجِعَ إِلَيْكَ فِيمَا عَرَضْتَ عَلَيَّ إِلَّا أَنِّي قَدْ كُنْتُ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ ذَكَرَ حَفْصَةَ فَلَمْ أَكُنْ لِأُفْشِيَ سِرَّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَوْ تَرَكَهَا قَبِلْتُهَا أَوْ نَكَحْتُهَا هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ يَدْخُلُ فِي مُسْنَدِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَأَمَّا أَكْثَرُ السيَاقِ فَعَنْ عُمَرَ وَمَا يَدْخُلُ فِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ مَا قَالَ قَدْ كُنْتُ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَكَرَ حَفْصَةَ وَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُفْشِيَ سِرَّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَأَنَّهَا حِكَايَةٌ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَإِخْبَارٌ مِنْهُ لِعُمَرَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Mufarrij informed us, he said: Abu al-Hasan Muhammad ibn Ayyub ibn Habib ibn Yahya al-Raqqi al-Samut narrated to us, he said: Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn 'Amr ibn 'Abd al-Khaliq al-Basri al-Azdi al-Bazzar narrated to me, he said: Salamah ibn Shabib narrated to us, he said: 'Abd al-Razzaq informed us, he said: Ma'mar informed us, from al-Zuhri, from Salim, from Ibn 'Umar, from 'Umar. And 'Umar ibn al-Khattab narrated to us, he said: Abu al-Yaman al-Hakam ibn Nafi' narrated to us, he said: Shu'ayb ibn Abi Hamzah narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, who said: Salim ibn 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar narrated to me that he heard his father 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar say that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab said: When Hafsah became widowed from Khunays ibn Hudhafah al-Sahmi, who was among the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and had witnessed Badr and died in Madinah, 'Umar said: I met 'Uthman ibn 'Affan and offered Hafsah to him, saying: 'If you wish, I will give you Hafsah bint 'Umar in marriage.' He said: 'I will think about it.' After some nights, he met me and said: 'I do not wish to marry at this time.' Then I met Abu Bakr and said: 'If you wish, I will give you Hafsah bint 'Umar in marriage.' Abu Bakr was silent and did not respond, and I was more upset with him than with 'Uthman. After some nights, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) proposed to her, and I gave her in marriage to him. Then Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) met me and said: 'Perhaps you were upset with me when you offered Hafsah and I did not respond?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Nothing prevented me from responding to your offer except that I knew the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had mentioned Hafsah, and I would not reveal the secret of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Had he left her, I would have accepted her or married her.' This hadith enters into both the Musnad of Abu Bakr and 'Umar. Most of the narrative is from 'Umar, and what relates to Abu Bakr is his statement that he knew the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had mentioned Hafsah and he disliked revealing the Prophet's secret - as though it were an account about the Messenger of Allah and an informing by him to 'Umar about the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).