Narrated Um Khalid bint Khalid: When I came from Ethiopia (to Medina), I was a young girl. Allah's Apostle made me wear a sheet having marks on it. Allah's Apostle was rubbing those marks with his hands saying, "Sanah! Sanah!" (i.e. good, good).
— Sahih Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 58: Merits of the Helpers in Madinah (Ansaar), Hadith #214
Narrated Um Khalid bint Khalid: When I came from Ethiopia (to Medina), I was a young girl. Allah's Apostle made me wear a sheet having marks on it. Allah's Apostle was rubbing those marks with his hands saying, "Sanah! Sanah!" (i.e. good, good).
This hadith is from the book of Merits of the Helpers in Madinah (Ansaar) in Sahih Bukhari, compiled by Imam al-Bukhari. It is hadith number 214 in book 58 of volume 5.
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