Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 327, 328
وَعَنْهُ قَالَ: أُهْدِيَتْ لَهُ شَاةٌ فَجَعَلَهَا فِي الْقِدْرِ فَدَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا يَا أَبَا رَافِعٍ فَقَالَ شَاةٌ أُهْدِيَتْ لَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَطَبَخْتُهَا فِي الْقِدْرِ قَالَ نَاوِلْنِي الذِّرَاعَ يَا أَبَا رَافِعٍ فَنَاوَلْتُهُ الذِّرَاعَ ثُمَّ قَالَ نَاوِلْنِي الذِّرَاعَ الْآخَرَ فَنَاوَلْتُهُ الذِّرَاعَ الْآخَرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ ناولني الذِّرَاع الآخر فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّمَا لِلشَّاةِ ذِرَاعَانِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ سَكَتَّ لَنَاوَلْتَنِي ذِرَاعًا فَذِرَاعًا مَا سَكَتُّ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَتَمَضْمَضَ فَاهُ وَغَسَلَ أَطْرَافَ أَصَابِعِهِ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَلَّى ثُمَّ عَادَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَوَجَدَ عِنْدَهُمْ لَحْمًا بَارِدًا فَأَكَلَ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَصَلَّى وَلَمْ يَمَسَّ مَاءً. رَوَاهُ أَحْمد وَرَوَاهُ الدَّارِمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَذْكُرْ: ثُمَّ دَعَا بِمَاءٍ إِلَى آخِرِهِ
He also said: ‘A sheep was given to us, and I put it in a pot. The Messenger of God came in and asked: “What is this, Abū Rāfiʿ?” I replied: “A sheep was given to us, Messenger of God, so I cooked it in the pot.” He said: “Hand me the foreleg, Abū Rāfiʿ.” I handed it to him. Then he said: “Hand me the other foreleg,” and I handed it to him. Then he said: “Hand me another foreleg.” I said: “Messenger of God, a sheep has only two forelegs!” He replied: “If you had kept quiet, you would have kept handing me one foreleg after another for as long as you remained silent.” He then called for water, rinsed his mouth, and washed his fingertips. He stood and prayed. Later he returned to us, found cold meat with us, ate some, then entered the mosque and prayed without touching water.’ Aḥmad transmitted it. Al-Dārimī transmitted it from Abū ʿUbayd but omitted the passage from ‘He then called for water’ to the end.
Translation notes
The accompanying Arabic grading lists two weak grades. The source distinguishes Aḥmad’s fuller wording from al-Dārimī’s version, which omits the concluding passage.