519 – ʿAlī ibn Ḥafṣ ibn Ziyād al-Aḥmar narrated to us; ʿAbd al-Salām ibn Ḥarb narrated to us, from Yūnus ibn ʿUbayd, from Ziyād ibn Jubayr, from Saʿd (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:

A dignified woman—she looked as though she were from the women of Muḍar—stood before the Prophet ﷺ and asked, “Messenger of Allah, we draw upon the property of our sons, our fathers, and our husbands; what are we permitted to take from their wealth?” He replied, “Fresh dates: you may eat them and give them as gifts.”