Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Book 55, Hadith 17
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي شَيْخٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْخَيْرِ يُكَنَّى أَبَا عُقْبَةَ قَالَ: مَرَرْتُ مَعَ ابْنِ عُمَرَ مَرَّةً بِالطَّرِيقِ، فَمَرَّ بِغِلْمَةٍ مِنَ الْحَبَشِ، فَرَآهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ، فَأَخْرَجَ دِرْهَمَيْنِ فَأَعْطَاهُمْ.
Translation
Abu 'Uqba said, "I once walked along the road with Ibn 'Umar.I passed some Abyssinian lads who were playing and he brought out two dirhamswhich he gave to them."