عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أُتِيَ بِقَصْعَةٍ مِنْ ثَرِيدٍ فَقَالَ كُلُوا مِنْ حَوْلِهَا وَفِي لَفْظٍ مِنْ جَوَانِبِهَا وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا مِنْ وَسَطِهَا فَإِنَّ الْبَرَكَةَ تَنْزِلُ فِي وَسَطِهَا
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that a bowl of tharid was brought to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: Eat from around it or from its edges, and do not eat from its middle, for indeed, blessing descends in its middle.