"Feel it! O Ahnaf, feel it!"

Ad-Dhahabi writes :

وكان يضع أصبعه على المصباح ، ثم يقول : حس ويقول : ما حملك يا أحنف على أن صنعت كذا يوم كذا

ENGLISH:

"... Al-Ahnaf ibn Qayss used to approach the lamp and put his finger in it then say: “Feel it! O Ahnaf, feel it. Why did you do what you did in such and such day?!”

NEDERLANDS:

"... Al-Ahnaf  ibn Qayss zou zijn vinger tegen de olielamp plaatsen, en zeggen: "Voel het! O Ahnaf, wat ging jou aansporen om zus en zo te doen op zus en zo dag?!"

["Siyar A'lam An-Nubala", 4/92].