Urwah on Aisha: The Prophet’s wife was very generous, ascetic

‘Urwah ibn al-Zubayr reported: Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, would give seventy thousand coins in charity while her clothes were covered in patches.

Source: al-Zuhd wal-Raqā’iq 754

عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ لَقَدْ تَصَدَّقَتْ يَعْنِي عَائِشَةَ رضي الله عنها بِسَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا وَإِنَّ دِرْعَهَا لَمُرَقَّعٌ

754 الزهد والرقائق لابن المبارك

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