Hadith #162
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ الْعَطَّارُ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ أَنَّهُ طَبَخَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قِدْرًا فِيهِ لَحْمٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ و
َسَلَّمَ نَاوِلْنِي ذِرَاعَهَا فَنَاوَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ نَاوِلْنِي ذِرَاعَهَا فَنَاوَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ نَاوِلْنِي ذِرَاعَهَا فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ كَمْ لِلشَّاةِ مِنْ ذِرَاعٍ قَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْ سَكَتَّ لَأَعْطَتْكَ ذِرَاعًا مَا دَعَوْتَ بِهِ
Isnad Chain
عفان
أبان العطار
قتادة
شهر بن حوشب
أبو عبيد
English Translation
ʿAffān narrated to us, Abān al-ʿAṭṭār narrated to us, Qatādah narrated to us, from Shahr ibn Ḥawshab, from Abū ʿUbayd, that he cooked a pot of meat for the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Hand me the foreleg' — and the foreleg was most beloved to him. He handed it to him. Then he said: 'Hand me the foreleg,' and he handed it to him. Then he said: 'Hand me the foreleg.' He said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, how many forelegs does a sheep have?' He said: 'By the One in Whose hand is my soul, if you had remained silent you would have been handing me forelegs as long as I kept asking.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 31, Hadith 162
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 15400
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-51790