Sunan Abi Dawud Book 28, Hadith 47

A tailor invited the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to a meal which he had prepared. Anas said: I went along with the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) barley bread and soup containing pumpkin and dried sliced meat. Anas said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) going after the pumpkin round the dish, so I have always liked pumpkins since that day.

Previous Hadith

The tradition mentioned above (No. 3771) has also been narrated by Ibn Mas'ud with a different chain of narrators.

This version has: The Prophet (ﷺ) liked the foreleg (of a sheep). Once the foreleg was poisoned, and he thought that the Jews had poisoned it.

Sunan Abi Dawud Book 28, Hadith 46


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The food the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) liked best was tharid made from bread and tharid made from Hays.

Abu Dawud said: It is a weak (tradition).

Sunan Abi Dawud Book 28, Hadith 48