Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: On `Id ul Fitr or `Id ul Adha Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) went out to the Musalla. After finishing the prayer, he delivered the sermon and ordered the people to give alms. He said, O people! Give alms. Then he went towards the women and said. O women! Give alms, for I have seen that the majority of the dwellers of Hell-Fire were you (women). The women asked, O Allah's Apostle! What is the reason for it? He replied, O women! You curse frequently, and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and religion than you. O women, some of you can lead a cautious wise man astray. Then he left. And when he reached his house, Zainab, the wife of Ibn Mas`ud, came and asked permission to enter It was said, O Allah's Apostle! It is Zainab. He asked, 'Which Zainab? The reply was that she was the wife of Ibn Mas'ub. He said, Yes, allow her to enter. And she was admitted. Then she said, O Prophet of Allah! Today you ordered people to give alms and I had an ornament and intended to give it as alms, but Ibn Mas`ud said that he and his children deserved it more than anybody else. The Prophet replied, Ibn Mas`ud had spoken the truth. Your husband and your children had more right to it than anybody else.