Sawda asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for permission, on the night of Muzdalifa, to depart before him and before the crowds surged. She was a heavy woman. Qasim explains, "Tabita means heavy."He granted her permission, so she departed before he did, while we remained until morning and then set out when he set out. For me to have asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for permission as Sawda did, and to have departed with his permission, would have been dearer to me than anything that brings joy.
استأذنت سودة رسول الله ﷺ ليلة المزدلفة تدفع قبله وقبل حطمة الناس. وكانت امرأة تبطة (يقول القاسم: والتبطة الثقيلة) قال: فأذن لها فخرجت قبل دفعه، وحبسنا حتى أصبحنا فدفعنا بدفعه. ولأن أكون استأذنت رسول الله ﷺ كما استأذنته سودة فأكون أدفع بإذنه أحب إلي من مفروح به.
Bukhari narrated it in the book of Hajj (1681), and Muslim in the book of Hajj (1290: 293), both through the route of Aflah bin Humayd, from Qasim bin Muhammad, from Ayesha, and mentioned it as described. The wording given is that of Muslim.His saying, "before the crush of the people," means before they crowd together and trample one another.His saying, "thabitah," with the thal vowelized with fatha and the ba with kasra, followed by a light ta, means slow in movement.His saying, "mafrouh bihi," means something one rejoices in, of any kind.