Sahih Muslim Book - 44, Hadith - 6316

حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ أَبُو أَحْمَدَ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى السِّينَانِيُّ ، أَخْبَرَنَا طَلْحَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ بِنْتِ طَلْحَةَ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ، قَالَتْ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : أَسْرَعُكُنَّ لَحَاقًا بِي أَطْوَلُكُنَّ يَدًا. قَالَتْ: فَكُنَّ يَتَطَاوَلْنَ أَيَّتُهُنَّ أَطْوَلُ يَدًا. قَالَتْ : فَكَانَتْ أَطْوَلَنَا يَدًا زَيْنَبُ ، لأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَعْمَلُ بِيَدِهَا وَتَصَدَّقُ.

It was narrated that 'Aishah, the Mother of the Believers, said: "The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: 'The quickest of you to join me (after I die) will be the one with the longest hands."' She said: "They started to measure one another, to see who had the longest hands." She said: "But the one who had the longest hands was Zainab, because she used to work with her hands and give charity."