Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 35082 — What they said on stipends

Abu al-Huwayrith (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) assigned seven thousand for Sayyiduna al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him). He assigned ten thousand each for Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) and Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her). He assigned eight thousand each for Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), Sayyidah Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her), Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) and Sayyidah Sawdah (may Allah be pleased with her). He assigned six thousand each for Sayyidah Juwayriyah (may Allah be pleased with her) and Sayyidah Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her). And he assigned for Sayyidah Safiyyah bint Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with her) half of what he had assigned for them. At this Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) and her companions sent a messenger to Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) and said to him: "Speak to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) about us. He has given Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) and Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) preference over us." So Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "Your mothers are saying to you: 'Treat us equally, and do not give some of us preference over others.'" He said: "If I live until next year, I will add two thousand each for them next year." When the next year came, he fixed twelve thousand each for Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) and Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her), ten thousand each for Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) and Sayyidah Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her), and eight thousand each for Sayyidah Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) and Sayyidah Juwayriyah (may Allah be pleased with her). When they saw this, they all fell silent.