Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Qais bin Abi Hazim (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Utbah bin Farqad Al-Sulami (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I brought large baskets filled with halwa to Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him). I had never seen halwa more plentiful and delicious than this. He (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: What is this? I replied: I have brought this food for you (may Allah be pleased with him), because you are a person who spends the early part of the day fulfilling the needs of the people, and when you return, you are tired because of this. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Remove the cloth from the basket. The narrator says: I removed it. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I swear you must, when you return, give a share from this basket to all the Muslims. I said: By the One who has kept you, O Commander of the Faithful, on the right path! Even if I spend all the wealth of Banu Qais, it will not reach this quantity. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I have no need for it. Then he (may Allah be pleased with him) called for a bowl in which there was tharid made of unsifted flour and tough meat. He (may Allah be pleased with him) was eating it with me with great liking. I reached for a white piece, thinking it was part of the hump. When I chewed it, it turned out to be halwa made of pumpkin. I took a piece of meat, chewed it, but it would not go down my throat. When he (may Allah be pleased with him) was a little inattentive to me, I placed that piece between the bowl and the dining cloth. Then he (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Utbah! Surely, every day we slaughter a camel. Its fat and good parts are for those Muslims who have come from far away, and its neck is for Umar!