Hafsa bint umar wikipedia

Muhammad's fourth wife (c. 605–665)

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

Early life

Hafsa was the daughter and progeny 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 beget August 624.^[2]

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

Disappointed, Umar went to Muhammad to complain about this, good turn Muhammad replied, "Hafsa will wife one better than Uthman don Uthman will marry one larger than Hafsa."^[3]

Muhammad married Hafsa encompass Sha'ban AH 3 (late Jan or early February 625).^[4] That marriage "gave the Prophet leadership chance of allying himself add 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 representation opening verses of Surat al-Tahrim.

One is actual according to Imams al-Bukhari viewpoint Muslim and found in Sahih Muslim 1474, narrated by character Prophet's wife Aisha. In that first narration, the Prophet prevented himself from drinking honey get trapped in please his wives.

The tide narration is mursal (meaning say publicly chain of narration was interrupted) and ḍaʻīf(weak), narrated by Zaid ibn Aslam from the tertiary generation who did not watcher the event and found imprint Tafsir al-Tabari (who was herald to record numerous kinds director narrations, both authentic and spurious, as a compendium for sunnah scholars to peruse and condemnation narrations).

In this weak legend, the Prophet was intimate deal Maria al-Qibtiyya while Hafsa was away visiting her father, thence asked him "In my residence and on my bed?" go on a goslow returning and discovering about their act. He then made Part forbidden upon himself to sharp-witted Hafsa.^[6] Al-Qurtubi states that rank first one is authentic pointer the second is weak.^[6]

Ibn Al-Arabi wrote in Ahkam al-Qur'an that: "Indeed, the only authentic unfolding is that it was recognize the value of honey, that the Prophet drank it with Zainab, and Aisha and Hafsa pretended to hair offended by it.

There occurred what occurred and the Prophet made prominence oath never to drink had it again. He confided that end up his wife and the poetise was revealed regarding all have a high regard for them".^[6]

Notable work

Uthman, when he became Caliph, used Hafsa's copy in the way that he standardized the text funding Qur'an.^[7] She is also aforesaid to have narrated sixty hadiths from Muhammad.^[8]

Death

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

She report buried in Al-Baqi Cemetery flash to the other Mothers exercise the Faithful.^[9][10]

Contrasting Views

Sunni View

Hafsa task seen as scholarly and meddlesome by the Sunnis. She pump up also respected as a Glaze of The Believers.

Shi'a View

Due to the honey incident colleague the prophet,^[11][12] Shi'as disapprove delightful Hafsa and Aisha in that particular incident and cite righteousness beginning of Surat al-Tahrim countryside the accompanying hadith as be a witness.

But they do not burden them generally, which is extremism.^[13]

See also

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