Her Day for 'A'ishah

As the years passed and Sawdah grew older, she made a decision of her own: she gave her turn with the Prophet ﷺ to 'A'ishah. So the Prophet ﷺ spent two days with 'A'ishah, her own and Sawdah's (Sahih al-Bukhari 5212). Her one wish was to remain his wife and to be raised among his wives on the Day of Resurrection.

Ibn 'Abbas connected this to the verse: ﴿وَإِنِ امْرَأَةٌ خَافَتْ مِنْ بَعْلِهَا نُشُوزًا أَوْ إِعْرَاضًا فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا أَنْ يُصْلِحَا بَيْنَهُمَا صُلْحًا وَالصُّلْحُ خَيْرٌ﴾ (“If a woman fears from her husband cruelty or desertion, there is no blame upon them if they make terms of settlement between them — and settlement is best”) (4:128).

'A'ishah, who benefited from her gift, never forgot it. She said there was no woman she would rather have been in the skin of than Sawdah, and described her as a woman of sharp spirit (Sahih Muslim 1463).