Background
Hafsa was the daughter of Umar ibn al-Khattab and Zaynab bint Mazoon. She was born "when Quraysh were building the House, five years before the Prophet was sent," id est (that is), in 605.
Hafsa was the daughter of Umar ibn al-Khattab and Zaynab bint Mazoon. She was born "when Quraysh were building the House, five years before the Prophet was sent," id est (that is), in 605.
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.
She died in Shaban Animal Husbandry 45, id est (that is), in October or November 665. She is buried in Jannat-Ul-Baqi.