Hafsa bint Umar

Hafsa bint ʿ Umar, Arabic حفصة بنت عمر, Hafsa bint ʿ Umar DMG (c. 604 or 606; † 661-665 in Medina ), was the daughter of Umar ibn al - Khattab and wife of the Prophet Mohammed.

She was first married to Chunais ibn Hudhafa, emigrated with him to Medina and became, after the death of her husband on the way back from the Battle of Badr, a widow. After Uthman ibn Affan and Abu Bakr had refused to marry her, Umar went to Muhammad to complain, but Muhammad replied, " Hafsa is better than Uthman marry, and Uthman better than Hafsa. " Finally he married her when she was twenty and he 56

Hafsa was the only one among the wives of Muhammad, which was not only reading, but also able to write. According to al - Shifa ʾ Baladhuri had her bint ʿ Abd al - ʿ Adawiya who had already been working as a writer in pre-Islamic times, provides this capability. Hafsa owned a Quran copy which in the "Collection of the Quran " by the Caliph Uthman was crucial.

After contradictory to the old biographers Hafsa died between 661-665 in Medina.