قَالَتْ : وَكَانَ يَوْمُ عِيدٍ يَلْعَبُ السُّودَانُ بِالدَّرَقِ وَالْحِرَابِ ، فَإِمَّا سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَإِمَّا قَالَ : تَشْتَهِينَ تَنْظُرِينَ ، فَقَالَتْ : نَعَمْ فَأَقَامَنِي وَرَاءَهُ خَدِّي عَلَى خَدِّهِ ، وَيَقُولُ : دُونَكُمْ بَنِي أَرْفِدَةَ حَتَّى إِذَا مَلِلْتُ ، قَالَ : حَسْبُكِ ، قُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، قَالَ : فَاذْهَبِي قَالَ : أَبُو عَبْد اللَّهِ ، قَالَ :
أَحْمَدُ ، عَنْ
ابْنِ وَهْبٍ فَلَمَّا غَفَلَ .
(It was the day of `Id when negroes used to play with leather shields and spears.) Either I requested Allah's Apostle or he himself asked me whether I would like to see the display. I replied in the affirmative. Then he let me stand behind him and my cheek was touching his cheek and he was saying, "Carry on, O Bani Arfida (i.e. negroes)!" When I got tired, he asked me if that was enough. I replied in the affirmative and he told me to leave.