Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 12755 — Those who disliked offerings

Qays said that a woman said: I was with the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), when a woman came to her with her jewellery and said: "I have brought this as an offering for the House (of Allah)." Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said to her: "If you had given it in the way of Allah, to orphans and the needy (that would have been better). Indeed, this House is given to and spent on from the treasures of Allah."