It is narrated from Sufyan bin Uyaynah that Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "O Ziyad! Who is the most knowledgeable of people?" He said: "You are, O Commander of the Believers." He said: "I firmly adjure you (to tell the truth)." He said: "Since you have firmly adjured me, then it is Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) who is the most knowledgeable."

It is narrated from Ata that he said: "Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) was the greatest jurist (faqih) of all people, the most knowledgeable of people, and the best of people in opinion on general matters."

It is narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri that he said: Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) is the daughter of Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab bin Nufayl bin Abd al-Uzza bin Riyah bin Abdullah bin Qurt bin Razah bin Adi bin Ka'b bin Lu'ayy bin Ghalib, and her mother is Zaynab bint Maz'un bin Habib bin Wahb bin Hudhafah bin Jumah, and she was among the women who emigrated.

It is narrated from Imam al-Zuhri that he said: Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married Sayyidah Hafsah bint Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with her), and before that she had been married to Khunays bin Hudhafah al-Sahmi (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Sa'id bin al-Musayyab that Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her), the daughter of Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), was widowed by the death of her husband, and the wife of Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyidah Ruqayyah (may Allah be pleased with her), passed away. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked: "Would you be interested in marrying Hafsah?" But he gave no reply. So Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "Have you not seen Uthman? I offered Hafsah to him, but he turned away from me and gave no reply." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There will be something better than that: I will marry Hafsah, and I will marry Uthman to Umm Kulthum." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her), and married Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) to Sayyidah Umm Kulthum (may Allah be pleased with her), the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) was born when Quraysh were building the House of Allah (the Ka'bah), and that was five years before the Prophethood of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Husayn bin Abi Husayn that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) in the month of Sha'ban, and that was thirty months before the battle of Uhud.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) passed away in the month of Sha'ban in the year 45 AH, and her funeral prayer was led by Marwan bin al-Hakam, who was the governor of Madinah at that time.

It is narrated from al-Maqburi, from his father, that he said: I saw Marwan carrying the bier of Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) between its two poles from the house of the family of Hazm to the house of al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him), and then Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) carried her from the house of al-Mughirah to her grave.

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Nafi' that those who descended into the grave of Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) (for the burial) were Abdullah and Asim, the sons of Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and Salim, Abdullah and Hamzah, the sons of Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both).