Musnad Abi Hanifah Riwayat al-Haskafi - Abu Hanifa - (0)

14 – Al-Haytham narrates through Mūsā ibn Kathīr:

ʿUmar once passed by ʿUthmān, who looked downcast, and asked, “What is troubling you?”

ʿUthmān replied, “How could I not be saddened when the bond of marriage between me and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has been severed? Only recently the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ—my wife—passed away.”

ʿUmar said, “I will marry you to my daughter Hafsa.”

ʿUthmān responded, “Let me first consult the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.”

When the matter reached the Prophet ﷺ, he said to ʿUmar, “Shall I guide you to a son-in-law better for you than ʿUthmān, and guide ʿUthmān to a son-in-law better for him than you?”

He continued, “Give me Hafsa in marriage, and I shall marry my daughter to ʿUthmān.”

And so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arranged it exactly as he said.

١٤ - عَنِ الْهَيْثَمِ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ كَثِيرٍ: أَنَّ عُمَرَ مَرَّ بِعُثْمَانَ وَهُوَ حَزِينٌ قَالَ: مَا يَحْزُنُكَ؟ قَالَ: أَلَا أَحْزَنْ، وَقَدِ انْقَطَعَ الصِّهْرُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَذَلِكَ حَدَثَانَ مَاتَتْ بِنْتُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَكَانَتْ تَحْتَهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: أُزَوِّجُكَ حَفْصَةَ ابْنَتِي، قَالَ: حَتَّى أَسْتَأْمِرَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ: فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ: " هَلْ لَكَ أَنْ أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى صِهْرٍ هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنْ عُثْمَانَ، وَأَدُلُّ عُثْمَانَ عَلَى صِهْرٍ هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْكَ، فَقَالَ: زَوِّجْنِي حَفْصَةَ، وَأُزَوِّجُ عُثْمَانَ بِنْتِي، أَيْ: عُمَرَ. فَقَالَ: فَفَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ "