It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: My daughter Sayyida Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her) became a widow after the death of Sayyiduna Khunais bin Hudhafah or Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him). He was among the companions of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and had participated in the Battle of Badr, and he passed away in Madinah. I met Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) and offered Hafsa to him and said: If you wish, I will marry Hafsa to you. He said: I will think about it. I waited for a few days, then he met me and said: I do not intend to marry at this time. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I met Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: If you wish, I will marry my daughter Hafsa to you. He did not reply, and because of this, I was more grieved over him than over Uthman. Nevertheless, I waited for a few days, then a proposal for my daughter’s marriage came from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and I married her to him (peace and blessings be upon him). Later, when Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) met me, he said: When you offered Hafsa to me and I did not reply, you must have been upset with me? I said: Yes, indeed. He said: Only one thing prevented me from responding to your offer, that I had heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mention Sayyida Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her). This was a secret, and I did not want to disclose the secret of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). If he (peace and blessings be upon him) had not married her, I would have married Hafsa.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Sayyida Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her) was married to Sayyiduna Khunais (may Allah be pleased with him). When she became a widow, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) met Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) and offered him Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her) in marriage. But Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said that he had no need for a wife, however, he would think about it. After that, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) met Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and offered him Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her) in marriage as well. But he remained silent (and gave no reply). Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) felt displeasure in his heart towards Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him). Soon after, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a proposal for marriage to Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her). After this, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) went to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: I offered Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her) in marriage to Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), but he refused. After that, I offered you Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her) in marriage, but you remained silent and did not even give me a reply. So I was more angry with you than with Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), because he had at least clearly refused. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: In fact, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had mentioned marrying Sayyida Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her), and this matter of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was still a secret, so I did not consider it permissible to disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). (And so I remained silent).

It is narrated from Asim bin Umar that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, divorced Umm al-Mu'mineen Sayyidah Hafsah bint Umar, and then took her back.

It is narrated from Urwah, who reports from Sayyida Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she was married to Ubaydullah bin Jahsh. He had gone to the court of Najashi and died there (after becoming an apostate). Sayyida Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her) was still in Abyssinia when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married her. Her marriage to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was performed by Najashi, and he paid four thousand dinars as her dowry on behalf of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Then he prepared her for the journey and sent her to the service of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with Sharjeel bin Hasnah (may Allah be pleased with him). All her preparations and provisions were from Najashi; the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had not sent anything. The dowry of the rest of the wives was four hundred dirhams.

It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that one day the wives of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) were gathered with him. They asked him: "O Prophet of Allah! Which one of us will join you first?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: "The one among you whose hand is the longest will join me first." We took a stick and measured our hands, and among us, Sayyida Sawda bint Zam'a (may Allah be pleased with her) had the longest hand. When the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, the first among us to join the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was Sayyida Sawda (may Allah be pleased with her), meaning she was the first among the pure wives to pass away. Later, we realized that her hand was long in giving charity; she loved to give charity very much.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, did not give a wedding feast (walimah) on the occasion of marriage with any of his other wives as he did on the occasion of marriage with Umm al-Mu’minin Sayyidah Zaynab, may Allah be pleased with her. Thabit Banani asked: What kind of walimah did the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, give? He replied: He fed the people so much meat and bread that food was left over from the people.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Umm al-Mu’minin Sayyidah Zaynab bint Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with her), while expressing pride over the other wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), used to say that my marriage with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was performed by Allah Almighty from above the heavens.

It is narrated from Sayyida Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her), she says: When we returned from Makkah, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married me, and both of us were not in the state of Ihram.

Mawla of the Messenger, Sayyiduna Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) married Umm al-Mu’minin Sayyida Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her), and when her departure (rukhsati) took place, on both occasions he was not in the state of ihram. I was the messenger between these two personalities.

Mawla of the Messenger, Sayyiduna Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: He says, once my name was also registered in a detachment. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: Go and bring Maymunah. I submitted: O Prophet of Allah! My name has already been written in such-and-such detachment. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do you not like the work that I like? I said: Yes, absolutely. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then go and bring Maymunah to me. So I went and brought her. This hadith is evidence that a trustworthy Muslim slave can be sent with a woman during travel. (Abdullah Rafiq)