حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَی بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ فِرَاسٍ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا أَنَّ بَعْضَ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قُلْنَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَيُّنَا أَسْرَعُ بِکَ لُحُوقًا قَالَ أَطْوَلُکُنَّ يَدًا فَأَخَذُوا قَصَبَةً يَذْرَعُونَهَا فَکَانَتْ سَوْدَةُ أَطْوَلَهُنَّ يَدًا فَعَلِمْنَا بَعْدُ أَنَّمَا کَانَتْ طُولَ يَدِهَا الصَّدَقَةُ وَکَانَتْ أَسْرَعَنَا لُحُوقًا بِهِ وَکَانَتْ يحِبُّ الصَّدَقَةَ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 1420
Narrated `Aisha: Some of the wives of the Prophet 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 `Umar), we came to know that the long hand was a symbol of practicing charity, so she was the first to follow the Prophet and she used to love to practice charity. (Sauda died later in the caliphate of Muawiya).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020