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bukhari:1420 – Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Abū ʿAwānah > Firās > al-Shaʿbī > Masrūq > ʿĀʾishah

Some of the wives of the Prophet ﷺ asked him, "Who amongst us will be the first to follow you (i.e. die after you)?" He said, "Whoever has the longest hand." So they started measuring their hands with a stick and Sauda's hand turned out to be the longest. (When Zainab bint Jahsh died first of all in the caliphate of ʿUmar), we came to know that the long hand was a symbol of practicing charity, so she was the first to follow the Prophet ﷺ and she used to love to practice charity.  

البخاري:١٤٢٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ فِرَاسٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ بَعْضَ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قُلْنَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَيُّنَا أَسْرَعُ بِكَ لُحُوقًا? قَالَ: «أَطْوَلُكُنَّ يَدًا۔» فَأَخَذُوا قَصَبَةً يَذْرَعُونَهَا فَكَانَتْ سَوْدَةُ أَطْوَلَهُنَّ يَدًا۔ فَعَلِمْنَا بَعْدُ أَنَّمَا كَانَتْ طُولَ يَدِهَا الصَّدَقَةُ وَكَانَتْ أَسْرَعَنَا لُحُوقًا بِهِ وَكَانَتْ تُحِبُّ الصَّدَقَةَ  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:2541 – Abū Dāwud > Yaḥyá b. Ḥammād > Abū ʿAwānah > Firās > ʿĀmir > Masrūq > ʿĀʾishah

"Which of us will be the first to following you (in death)?" He said: "The one of you who has the longest arms." They took a stick and started to measure their arms. But Sawdah was the first one to follow him. She was the one who had the longest arms, because she used to give in charity a great deal.  

النسائي:٢٥٤١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ فِرَاسٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ أَزْوَاجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ اجْتَمَعْنَ عِنْدَهُ فَقُلْنَ أَيَّتُنَا بِكَ أَسْرَعُ لُحُوقًا فَقَالَ أَطْوَلُكُنَّ يَدًا فَأَخَذْنَ قَصَبَةً فَجَعَلْنَ يَذْرَعْنَهَا فَكَانَتْ سَوْدَةُ أَسْرَعَهُنَّ بِهِ لُحُوقًا فَكَانَتْ أَطْوَلَهُنَّ يَدًا فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ الصَّدَقَةِ  

ahmad:24899 – ʿAffān > Abū ʿAwānah > Firās > ʿĀmir > Masrūq > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet's wives gathered around him one day and said, "O Prophet of Allah, which one of us is the fastest in giving charity?" He replied, "The one among you with the longest hand." So we all took a reed and measured our arms. Soodah bint Zam'a proved to have the longest arm among us. She said, "The Prophet ﷺ passed away and I became the fastest in giving charity." Later, we realized that the length of her hand was due to always giving charity. She was a woman who loved to give charity. Affaan said, "Once she vowed to give a reed that we could measure our arms with."  

أحمد:٢٤٨٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ فِرَاسٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

اجْتَمَعَ أَزْوَاجُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عِنْدَهُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَقُلْنَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ أَيَّتُنَا أَسْرَعُ بِكَ لُحُوقًا؟ فَقَالَ أَطْوَلُكُنَّ يَدًا فَأَخَذْنَا قَصَبًا فَذَرَعْنَاهَا فَكَانَتْ سَوْدَةُ بِنْتُ زَمْعَةَ أَطْوَلَنَا ذِرَاعًا فَقَالَتْ تُوُفِّيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَكَانَتْ سَوْدَةُ أَسْرَعَنَا بِهِ لُحُوقًا فَعَرَفْنَا بَعْدُ إِنَّمَا كَانَ طُولُ يَدِهَا مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ وَكَانَتْ امْرَأَةً تُحِبُّ الصَّدَقَةَ وَقَالَ عَفَّانُ مَرَّةً قَصَبَةً نَذْرَعُهَا  

nasai-kubra:2333 – Abū Dāwud al-Ḥirrānī > Yaḥyá b. Ḥammād > Abū ʿAwānah > Firās > ʿĀmir > Masrūq > ʿĀʾishah

"Which of us will be the first to following you (in death)?" He said: "The one of you who has the longest arms." They took a stick and started to measure their arms. But Sawdah was the first one to follow him. She was the one who had the longest arms, because she used to give in charity a great deal. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2541)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٣٣٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الْحِرَّانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ فِرَاسٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ أَزْوَاجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ اجْتَمَعْنَ عِنْدَهُ فَقُلْنَ أَيُّنَا أَسْرَعُ لُحُوقَا بِكَ؟ قَالَ «أَطْوَلُكُنَّ يَدًا» فَأَخَذْنَ قَصَبَةً فَجَعَلْنَ يَذْرَعْنَهَا وَكَانَتْ سَوْدَةُ أَسْرَعَهُنَّ بِهِ لُحُوقًا وَكَانَتْ أَطْوَلَهُنَّ يَدًا فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ الصَّدَقَةِ