Person

Ḥafṣa bint ʿUmar

حفصة بنت عمر

umm al-muʾminīn

605 CE – 665 CE(aged ~60) Banū ʿAdī

Fourth wife of the Prophet ﷺ. Daughter of ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb. A widow (her first husband Khunays ibn Ḥudhāfa al-Sahmī died after Badr). Married the Prophet ﷺ in Shaʿbān 3 AH / 625 CE. She was the custodian of the original written Qurʾān (al-muṣḥaf) — Abū Bakr had compiled it after Yamāma, then ʿUmar passed it to her, and ʿUthmān used her copy as the master for his standardisation. A literate and learned woman.

Significance

Fourth wife of the Prophet ﷺ. Daughter of ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb. A widow (her first husband Khunays ibn Ḥudhāfa al-Sahmī died after Badr). Married the Prophet ﷺ in Shaʿbān 3 AH / 625 CE. She was the custodian of the original written Qurʾān (al-muṣḥaf) — Abū Bakr had compiled it after Yamāma, then ʿUmar passed it to her, and ʿUthmān used her copy as the master for his standardisation. A literate and learned woman.
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