The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came in to see me while two young girls were with me singing the songs of Buath. He lay down on the bed and turned his face away.Then Abu Bakr entered and rebuked me, saying, "The pipes of Satan in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ?"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned to him and said, "Leave them be."When he was distracted, I signaled to the girls and they left. It was the day of Eid, and the Sudanese were performing with shields and spears. Either I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, or he asked me, "Would you like to watch?"I said, "Yes."So he stood me behind him, my cheek against his cheek, while he was saying, "Carry on, sons of Arfidah," until, when I grew tired, he asked, "Have you had enough?"I said, "Yes."He said, "Then go."
دخل علي رسول الله ﷺ وعندي جاريتان تغنيان بغناء بعاث، فاضطجع على الفراش، وحول وجهه. ودخل أبو بكر فانتهرني وقال: مزمارة الشيطان عند النبي ﷺ فأقبل عليه رسول الله ﷺ فقال: دعهما فلما غفل، غمزتهما، وخرجتا، وكان يوم عيد يلعب السودان بالدرة والحراب، فإما سألت رسول الله ﷺ وإما قال: تشتهين تنظرين؟ فقلت: نعم. فأقامني وراءه خدي على خده، وهو يقول: دونكم يا بني أرفدة حتى إذا مللت قال: حسبك قلت: نعم. قال: فاذهبي.
Bukhari, in the chapter on the two Eids (949, 950), and Muslim, in the chapter on the two Eids (19), both narrate through the route of Ibn Wahb, who said, Amr told us that Muhammad bin Abdul-Rahman related to him from Urwa, from Ayesha, and he mentioned it, the wording given here being that of Muslim, while Bukhari's wording is close to it. In one version narrated by both of them, two young girls among the girls of the Ansar were singing about what the Ansar had said to one another on the day of Buath, though they were not professional singers, and in it the Prophet ﷺ said, "Abu Bakr, every people has an eid, and this is our eid."Bukhari (952) and Muslim (16) both narrate the hadith of Abu Usama from Hisham, from his father, from Ayesha, and he mentioned it.His saying, "two young girls singing", singing accompanied by an instrument is forbidden, while singing without an instrument is a matter on which people differ. Abu Hanifa forbade it, while Malik and Shafii considered it disliked. The companions of Shafii related from Malik that his position was that it is permitted without being disliked. Maziri mentioned this in al-Mualim (1/320).His saying, "Buath", with the ba pronounced with a damma, followed by an unpointed ain, and ending in a tha, is a place two nights' journey from Madinah. It is also said to be the name of a fortress belonging to the Aws, and since victory belonged to the Aws, this day was named after their fortress. Khattabi said, the day of Buath is a well known day among the days of the Arabs, in which there was great slaughter among the Aws and the Khazraj, and the war continued for a hundred and twenty years until Islam came, as mentioned by Ibn Ishaq and others, though other accounts have also been given. See Fath al-Bari (2/441).If what Khattabi mentioned is correct, then the Arabs' arrival in Madinah would have preceded that of the Jews, for the Jews came to Madinah only shortly before the Prophet's ﷺ mission began.