Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Book 14, Hadith 280
حَدَّثَنَا فَرْوَةُ بْنُ أَبِي الْمَغْرَاءِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ: مَا رَأَيْتُ امْرَأَتَيْنِ أَجْوَدَ مِنْ عَائِشَةَ، وَأَسْمَاءَ، وَجُودُهُمَا مُخْتَلِفٌ، أَمَّا عَائِشَةُ فَكَانَتْ تَجْمَعُ الشَّيْءَ إِلَى الشَّيْءِ، حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ اجْتَمَعَ عِنْدَهَا قَسَمَتْ، وَأَمَّا أَسْمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ لاَ تُمْسِكُ شَيْئًا لِغَدٍ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Farwa ibn Abi al-Maghra narrated to us: ‘Ali ibn Mushir narrated to us, from Hisham ibn ‘Urwa, who said: al-Qasim ibn Muhammad informed me, from ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, who said: ‘I have never seen two women more generous than ‘A’isha and Asma’. Their generosity was different: ‘A’isha would gather one thing with another, and when she had accumulated a collection, she would distribute it. As for Asma’, she would not keep anything for the next day.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source says their generosity differed; it describes ‘A’isha accumulating goods before distributing them and Asma’ keeping nothing for tomorrow.