It is narrated from Sayyidah Khawlah bint al-Samit (may Allah be pleased with her) that her husband was ill. He called her, and she was slow in coming to him, so her husband said to her: If I approach you or have relations with you, you are to me like the back of my mother. So she came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and complained to him (peace and blessings be upon him) about it, but he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave her no answer, because nothing had yet reached him (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding it. Then she came to him again, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came and said (to her husband): "Free a slave." He said: I do not have one. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Fast two consecutive months." He said: I am not able to. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then feed sixty poor people thirty sa' of food." He said: That is not within my means, unless you help me. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) helped him with fifteen sa', and the people also helped him until it was complete. He said: By Allah, no one is more in need of it than I and my household. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Take it yourself, for yourself and your household."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: This is how it was said, Khawlah bint al-Samit, and she is Khawlah bint Tha'labah, the wife of Aws bin al-Samit.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / مسند النساء / 21004