Sahih al-Bukhari - Book 78, Hadith 35 View on sunnah.com →
Narrated `Aisha: I never felt so jealous of any woman as I did of Khadija, though she had died three years before the Prophet married me, and that was because I heard him mentioning her too often, and because his Lord had ordered him to give her the glad tidings that she would have a palace in Paradise, made of Qasab and because he used to slaughter a sheep and distribute its meat among her friends.

How the Prophet ص modelled 2 behaviours here

Generosity & Provision

“he used to slaughter a sheep and distribute its meat among her friends”

Generously provides for and maintains his wife and household; is openhanded with sustenance rather than stingy.

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This hadith also models: Affection & Tenderness
Affection & Tenderness

“I heard him mentioning her too often”

Openly expresses love, affection and tenderness to his wife through warmth, closeness and kind gestures.

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This hadith also models: Generosity & Provision
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