Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1338
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لَوْ أُهْدِيَ إِلَىَّ كُرَاعٌ لَقَبِلْتُ وَلَوْ دُعِيتُ عَلَيْهِ لأَجَبْتُ " . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَعَائِشَةَ وَالْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ وَسَلْمَانَ وَمُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ حَيْدَةَ وَعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ أَنَسٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Anas ibn Mālik reported that the Messenger of Allah said: “If I were offered a sheep’s trotter, I would accept it; and if I were invited to a meal made from it, I would answer the invitation.” Reports on this subject are also narrated from ʿAlī, ʿĀʾishah, al-Mughīrah ibn Shuʿbah, Salmān, Muʿāwiyah ibn Ḥaydah, and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAlqamah. Anas’s hadith is ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The trotter represents a modest gift; the report praises accepting simple hospitality.