أَخْبَرَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ هُوَ الْعَطَّارُ ، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ ، عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، أَنَّهُ طَبَخَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قِدْرًا، فَقَالَ لَهُ :" نَاوِلْنِي الْذِّرَاعَ "، وَكَانَ يُعْجِبُهُ الذِّرَاعُ، فَنَاوَلَهُ الذِّرَاعَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : " نَاوِلْنِي الذِّرَاعَ "، فَنَاوَلَهُ ذِرَاعًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ : " نَاوِلْنِي الذِّرَاعَ "، فَقُلْتُ : يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ، وَكَمْ لِلشَّاةِ مِنْ ذِرَاعٍ؟ فَقَالَ : " وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ أَنْ لَوْ سَكَتَّ لَأُعْطَيْتَ أَذْرُعًا مَا دَعَوْتُ بِهِ "

Muslim bin Ibrahim told us, Aban al-Attar told us, Qatada told us, on the authority of Shahr bin Hawshab, on the authority of Abu Ubaid, may God be pleased with him. On his authority, he cooked a pot for the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and he said to him: “Give me the arm.” He liked the arm, so he handed him the arm. Then he said: “Give me an cubit.” He gave him an cubit, then he said: “Give me a cubit.” So I said: O Prophet of God, how many cubits does a sheep have? He said: “By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, if you had remained silent, I would have been given an armful of what I prayed for.”