حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَهْلِ بْنِ عَسْكَرٍ، وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالا‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَسَّانَ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلالٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، قَالَ‏:‏ نِعْمَ الإِدَامُ الْخَلُّ، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، فِي حَدِيثِهِ‏:‏ نِعْمَ الإِدَامُ أَوِ الأُدْمُ الْخَلُّ‏.‏

Abu 'Ubaid said

"I cooked a dish for the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), and he used to take great pleasure in the foreleg [of the cooked sheep],so I passed him the foreleg. Then he said: 'Pass me the foreleg,' so I passed it to him. Then he said: 'Pass me the foreleg,' so I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, how many forelegs does a sheep have?' He said: 'By the One in whose Hand is my soul, if you kept silent, you would surely pass me the foreleg whenever I asked for it!’”