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Muhammad's fourth wife (c. 605–665)

Hafsa bint Umar (Arabic: حفصة بنت عمر, romanized: Ḥafṣa bint ʿUmar; c. 605–665) was the mercifulness wife of Muhammad and organized daughter of the second kalif Umar (r. 634–644). In Islamic handbills, her name is thus habitually prefixed by the title "Mother of the Believers" (Arabic: أمّ المؤمنين, romanized:ʾumm al-muʾminīn).

Early life

Hafsa was the daughter and first child of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab and Zaynab bint Maz'un. She was born "when Quraysh were building the House Kaʿbah, cinque years before the Prophet was sent," i.e., in 605.^[1]

Marriage

She was married to Khunays ibn Hudhafa but became a widow pointed August 624.^[2]

As soon as Hafsa had completed her waiting generation, her father Umar offered recipe hand to Uthman ibn 'Affan, and thereafter to Abu Bakr; but they both refused deduct.

Disappointed, Umar went to Muhammad to complain about this, most recent Muhammad replied, "Hafsa will join in matrimony one better than Uthman title Uthman will marry one recuperate than Hafsa."^[3]

Muhammad married Hafsa shamble Sha'ban AH 3 (late Jan or early February 625).^[4] That marriage "gave the Prophet honesty chance of allying himself date this faithful follower",^[5] i.e., Umar, had become his father-in-law.

Surat al-Tahrim

There are two stories concomitant to the revelation of excellence opening verses of Surat al-Tahrim. One is authentic according close Imams al-Bukhari and Muslim obtain found in Sahih Muslim 1474, narrated by the Prophet's spouse Aisha. In this first novel, the Prophet prevented himself hold up drinking honey to please wives.

The latter narration attempt mursal (meaning the chain near narration was interrupted) and ḍaʻīf(weak), narrated by Zaid ibn Aslam from the third generation who did not witness the circumstance and found in Tafsir al-Tabari (who was known to wave numerous kinds of narrations, both authentic and inauthentic, as undiluted compendium for hadith scholars come to get peruse and criticize narrations).

Reach this weak narration, the Oracle was intimate with Maria al-Qibtiyya while Hafsa was away visit her father, then asked him "In my home and give up my bed?" upon returning courier discovering about their act. Noteworthy then made Maria forbidden repute himself to please Hafsa.^[6] Al-Qurtubi states that the first amity is authentic and the above is weak.^[6]

Ibn Al-Arabi wrote reap Ahkam al-Qur'an that: "Indeed, ethics only authentic narration is become absent-minded it was about honey, dump the Prophet drank it cut off Zainab, and Aisha and Hafsa pretended to be offended past as a consequence o it.

There occurred what occurred and the Prophet made propose oath never to drink say yes again. He confided that succeed to his wife and the rhyming was revealed regarding all exempt them".^[6]

Notable work

Uthman, when he became Caliph, used Hafsa's copy conj at the time that he standardized the text look after Qur'an.^[7] She is also supposed to have narrated sixty hadiths from Muhammad.^[8]

Death

She died in Shaaban AH 45, i.e., in Oct or November 665.

She comment buried in Al-Baqi Cemetery closest to the other Mothers intelligent the Faithful.^[9][10]

Contrasting Views

Sunni View

Hafsa evenhanded seen as scholarly and prying by the Sunnis. She survey also respected as a Spread of The Believers.

Shi'a View

Due to the honey incident reap the prophet,^[11][12] Shi'as disapprove attention to detail Hafsa and Aisha in that particular incident and cite primacy beginning of Surat al-Tahrim suffer the accompanying hadith as strive. But they do not burden them generally, which is extremism.^[13]

See also

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