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ahmad:13115Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Salm al-ʿAlawiyyiʿan Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] "The qir‘a (a type of gourd) was one of the beloved foods of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ or the qir‘a was something that pleased the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . Shaykh Yazid had doubts about it, so a container with qir‘as was brought to him. I saw him inserting his index and middle fingers into the soup while following the qir‘a with them, separating them, and then joining them together."  

أحمد:١٣١١٥حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلْمٍ الْعَلَوِيِّعَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كَانَ الْقَرْعُ مِنْ أَحَبِّ الطَّعَامِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْ كَانَ الْقَرْعُ يُعْجِبُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ شَكَّ يَزِيدُ فَأُتِيَ بِقَصْعَةٍ فِيهَا قَرْعٌ فَرَأَيْتُهُ يُدْخِلُ أُصْبُعَيْهِ فِي الْمَرَقِ يَتَتَبَّعُ بِهِمَا الْقَرْعَ السَّبَّابَةَ وَالْوُسْطَى فَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا ثُمَّ ضَمَّهُمَا