Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 13631

Abu Awanah narrates: I prepared food and invited Sulayman al-A'mash. It reached me that he said: "Waddah has invited us to a bare bone (one without meat) and a sour pomegranate." The narrator says: I met Raqabah bin Masqalah and complained to him about this. He said: "I will take care of it for you." Then he met Sulayman al-A'mash and said: "O Abu Muhammad, one of our brothers invited you and honoured you, and you said that the invitation was to a bare bone and a sour pomegranate! By Allah, all I know of you is that you are ill-natured, always scowling, quick to become bored, and you belittle the right of visitors; it is as if mustard is being put into your nose whenever you are asked about wisdom."
Imam Abu Ya'la recorded it, and its chain is hasan (good).