and it was a thousand uqiyahs (ounces).

Thereupon the Prophet ﷺ said, “O ʿĀʾishah, I have been to you as Abū Zarʿ was to Umm Zarʿ.”(1)

In this version the wording appears as: “one thousand thousand uqiyahs.” Its chain of transmission is somewhat weak, and I am convinced that the extra word “thousand” is erroneous; one thousand uqiyahs equal forty thousand dirhams—a sum that would indeed be a source of pride for a successful merchant who had already spent his wealth for the sake of Allah.

When he emigrated, he still possessed six thousand dirhams and took them along as his provision. As for a million uqiyahs, such an amount could only be amassed by a great ruler.(2)

Al-Zuhri narrated from al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad:

When Muʿāwiyah returned from the pilgrimage, he entered upon ʿĀʾishah, and no one witnessed their conversation except Dhakwān, her freedman. She said to Muʿāwiyah, “Are you so sure I have not hidden a man who would kill you in retaliation for my brother Muḥammad?”

He replied, “You speak the truth.” — In another wording he said to her, “You would never do such a thing.” —

She then admonished him and urged him to adhere to the right path.

Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Tanūkhī said, “Muʿāwiyah settled on ʿĀʾishah’s behalf a debt of eighteen thousand dinars.”

This report is disconnected, whereas the sound report is that of ʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr, stating that Muʿāwiyah—