51. Gifts
٥١۔ كتاب الهبة وفضلها والتحريض عليها
I went to ʿAisha and she was wearing a coarse dress costing five Dirhams. ʿAisha said, "Look up and see my slave-girl who refuses to wear it in the house though during the lifetime of Messenger of Allah ﷺ I had a similar dress which no woman desiring to appear elegant (before her husband) failed to borrow from me."
دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ ؓ وَعَلَيْهَا دِرْعُ قِطْرٍ ثَمَنُ خَمْسَةِ دَرَاهِمَ فَقَالَتِ ارْفَعْ بَصَرَكَ إِلَى جَارِيَتِي انْظُرْ إِلَيْهَا فَإِنَّهَا تُزْهَى أَنْ تَلْبَسَهُ فِي الْبَيْتِ وَقَدْ كَانَ لِي مِنْهُنَّ دِرْعٌ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَمَا كَانَتِ امْرَأَةٌ تُقَيَّنُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ إِلاَّ أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَىَّ تَسْتَعِيرُهُ