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)
Why the Prophet liked shank meat
Hadith 169
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبَّادٍ، عَنْ فُلَيْحِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي رَجُلٌ، مِنْ بَنِي عَبَّادٍ يُقَالَ لَهُ: عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبَّادٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: «مَا كَانَتِ الذِّرَاعُ أَحَبَّ اللَّحْمِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَكِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يَجِدُ اللَّحْمَ إِلَّا غِبًّا، وَكَانَ يَعْجَلُ إِلَيْهَا لِأَنَّهَا أَعْجَلُهَا نُضْجًا»
It is narrated from Umm al-Mu'minin Sayyidah Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her), she says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not prefer the meat of the foreleg (shoulder) over other meats. (But he would eat it eagerly because) meat would only occasionally be available to him, and he would hasten towards this meat because it cooks very quickly.
