Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Every thing with which a person plays is falsehood, except that a man shoots arrows with a bow, trains his horse in the etiquettes of battle, or plays with his wife for amusement—these three games are permissible. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever, after learning archery, forgets it, has shown ingratitude for the blessing that was granted to him.

(Second narration) The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (Every play of a man is false) except for three things: a man shooting arrows with his bow, training his horse, and playing with his wife—these are matters of truth. And whoever learns archery and then forgets it, he is ungrateful for what he had learned.

Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raced with me, and I outran him. Then some time passed, until I became heavier, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raced with me again, and this time he outran me. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is in return for that."

Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that I was with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey, and I was still a young girl, so he said to his companions: "You go ahead." So they went ahead, then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Come, let us race each other." Then the rest of the above-mentioned narration was mentioned.

Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the people of Habsha were playing with weapons on the day of Eid in the presence of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). I was also watching the play over the shoulders of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) lowered his shoulders for me, so I kept watching their play over his shoulders until I moved back of my own accord.

Sayyiduna Buraidah Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a black slave girl came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and this was at the time when he (peace be upon him) had returned from a military expedition. She came and said: I had made a vow that if Allah Almighty returned you safely and in good health, I would beat the drum (duff). The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If you have made this vow, then fulfill it, and if it is not so, then do not do this. So she began to beat the drum. Meanwhile, when Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) came, she kept beating it, and others also came and she kept beating it, but when Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) entered, she put the drum behind her and covered herself with a cloth. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Umar! Even Satan is afraid of you. I was sitting, she was beating the drum, these people also came, but she kept beating the drum; when you entered, she did such and such.

Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) came to me and two slave girls with me were beating the drum. He scolded them, but the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: Leave them, indeed every nation has a festival (on which they rejoice).

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The people of Habsha used to play and jump with joy in front of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and would say that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is a righteous servant. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked, "What are these people saying?" They replied, "They are saying that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is a righteous and pious servant."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived in Madinah, the people of Abyssinia performed a display with their weapons of war in joy at his arrival.

Sayyiduna Sa'd bin 'Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I have seen everything from the era of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), except for one thing from that time: that on the day of Eid al-Fitr, a display of play was presented before the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).