شمائل ترمذي
Shamail Tirmidhi
باب ما جاء فى صفة إدام رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلمChapter: What has been reported concerning the condiment of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
You kept giving as long as I asked
Hadith 168
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ: طَبَخْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قِدْرًا وَقَدْ كَانَ يُعْجِبُهُ الذِّرَاعُ فَنَاوَلْتُهُ الذِّرَاعَ ثُمَّ قَالَ: «نَاوِلْنِي الذِّرَاعَ» ، فَنَاوَلْتُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ: «نَاوِلْنِي الذِّرَاعَ» فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، وَكَمْ لِلشَّاةِ مِنْ ذِرَاعٍ فَقَالَ: «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْ سَكَتَّ لَنَاوَلْتَنِي الذِّرَاعَ مَا دَعَوْتُ»
Ubaid (Abu Ubaidah), may Allah have mercy on him, says: I cooked a pot of (meat) for the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. The meat of the foreleg (zara‘/shank) was very beloved to him, so I presented a foreleg to him. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Give me another foreleg.” I presented another. Then he said: “Give me another foreleg.” So I said: O Messenger of Allah! How many forelegs does a goat have? The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “By Him in Whose hand is my soul, if you had remained silent, as long as I kept asking, you would have continued to give me forelegs.”
