And al-Qasim bin Muhammad said that A’ishah (radiAllahu 'anhaa) would fast in the intense heat and he was asked: “What drove her to do this?”
He replied: “She would take advantage of the days before death.”
And some of the righteous women would choose the hottest days and fast them, saying: “If the price is low, everyone will buy,” meaning that she wanted to do those actions that only a few were capable of, due to how hard it was to do them and this is indicative of the high aspirations these women had.
