Hazrat Khunais ibn Hudhafa

A Veteran of Badr

Khunais ibn Hudhafa was an early Muslim of Banu Sahm, who emigrated with the others to Abyssinia and then to Madinah. He fought at Badr and there took a serious wound. 1 Hayatus Sahaba · Vol 2 · pp. 517 — Kandhlawi — Khunais a veteran of Badr.

Hafsa Widowed

Khunais was the first husband of Hafsa bint Umar رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاHazrat Hafsa bint Umarرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاWife of the Prophet ﷺ; daughter of Umar; keeper of the collected Qur'anMothers of the Believers. He died of his Badr wounds soon after, in Madinah, leaving her a young widow — and so it was that Umar رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Umar ibn al-Khattabرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُSecond Caliph; al-Farooq, who expanded the Islamic stateKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · Muhajirun later offered her to Abu Bakr رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Abu Bakr as-Siddiqرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُFirst Caliph; the Prophet's closest companionKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · Muhajirun and Uthman رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Uthman ibn Affanرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُThird Caliph; Dhun-Nurayn; compiled the Qur'an into one codexKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · Muhajirun in turn, and finally the Prophet ﷺ himself married her. 2 Hayatus Sahaba · Vol 2 · pp. 666 — Kandhlawi — Hafsa is widowed by Khunais; Umar offers her in marriage. 3 Stories of the Sahabah · pp. 247 — Zakariyya Kandhlawi — Khunais wounded in battle and dying soon after; Hafsa widowed.