('Umar bin Al-Khattab) said, "When (my daughter) Hafṣa bint 'Umar lost her husband Khunais bin Hudhafa As-Sahmi who was one of the companions of Allâh's Messenger (ﷺ) and had fought in the battle of Badr and had died in Al-Madīna, I met ' Uthmân bin Affần and suggested that he should marry saying, If you wish, I will marry bint 'Umar to you, 'on that, he said, I will think it over. ' I waited for a few days and then he said to me. ' I am of the opinion that I shall not marry at present. ' Then I met Bakr and said, If you wish, I will marry you bint 'Umar. ' He kept quiet and did not give me any reply and I became more angry with him than I was with Uthmân. Some days later, Allâh's Messenger (ﷺ) demanded her hand in marriage and I married her to him. Later on Abu Bakr met me and said, "Perhaps you were angry with me when you offered me for marriage and I gave no reply to you? ' I said, 'Yes. ' Bakr said, 'Nothing prevented me from accepting your offer except that I learnt that Allâh's Messenger (ﷺ) had referred to the issue of Hafṣa and I did not want to disclose the secret of Allâh's Messenger (ﷺ) but had he (i.e. the Prophet ﷺ) given her up I would surely have accepted her." " [5:342-O.B]