[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to his wives, "The quickest of you to reach for something is the one with the longest hand." Aisha said, "Whenever we gathered in the house of one of us after the death of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , we would extend our hands towards the wall and compete to see whose hand was longest. We continued to do this until Zainab bint Jahsh, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ , passed away. She was a short woman and not the longest among us. It was then that we realized that the Prophet ﷺ meant charity by mentioning the length of the hand." He said, "Zainab used to engage in handicrafts with her hands, such as dyeing and sewing, and she used to donate in the path of Allah Almighty."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِأَزْوَاجِهِ «أَسْرَعُكُنَّ لُحُوقًا بِي أَطْوَلُكُنَّ يَدًا» قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَكُنَّا إِذَا اجْتَمَعْنَا فِي بَيْتِ إِحْدَانَا بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَمُدُّ أَيْدِيَنَا فِي الْجِدَارِ نَتَطَاوَلُ فَلَمْ نَزَلْ نَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى تُوُفِّيَتْ زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ جَحْشٍ زَوْجُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَةً قَصِيرَةً وَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَطْوَلَنَا فَعَرَفْنَا حِينَئِذٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ إِنَّمَا أَرَادَ بِطُولِ الْيَدِ الصَّدَقَةَ قَالَ «وَكَانَتْ زَيْنَبُ امْرَأَةٌ صَنَّاعَةَ الْيَدِ فَكَانَتْ تَدْبُغُ وَتَخْرُزُ وَتَصَدَّقُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ﷻ»