Hafsa bint Umar

Ḥafsa bint Umar (Arabic: حفصة بنت عمر ‎) (c.605-665) was a wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and therefore a Mother of the Believers.
Hafsa was the daughter of Umar ibn al-Khattab and Zaynab bint Mazoon. She was born "when Quraysh were building the House [Kaaba], five years before the Prophet was sent," i.e., in 605.
She was married to Khunais ibn Hudhaifa but became a widow in August 624.
As soon as Hafsa had completed her waiting period, her father Umar offered her hand to Uthman Ibn 'Affan, and thereafter to Abu Bakr; but they both refused her. When Umar went to Muhammad to complain about this, Muhammad replied, "Allah will marry Uthman to better than your daughter and will marry your daughter to better than Uthman." Muhammad married Hafsa in Shaaban AH 3 (late January or early February 625). With this marriage, Muhammad strengthened his ties to Umar, who now became his father-in-law.
According to Islamic tradition, Hafsa...