He cooked a pot containing meat for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Hand me its foreleg."So he handed it to him.Then he said, "Hand me its foreleg."So he handed it to him.Then he said, "Hand me its foreleg."He replied, "Prophet of Allah, how many forelegs does a sheep have?"He said, "By the One in whose hand my soul is, had you remained silent, it would have kept giving you a foreleg as long as you asked for it."
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أنه طبخ لرسول الله ﷺ قدرا فيه لحم فقال رسول الله ﷺ ناولني ذراعها فناولته فقال ناولني ذراعها فناولته فقال ناولني ذراعها فقال يا نبي الله كم للشاة من ذراع قال والذي نفسي بيده لو سكت لأعطتك ذراعا ما دعوت به