Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: People slaughtered camels, and when the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) heard that people were putting their meat into pots, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The best meat is the meat from the animal’s back.

It is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with them both), he says: The last act I saw of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was that he had fresh dates in one hand and a cucumber in the other hand. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would eat the dates and along with them cut a piece from the cucumber and eat it. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The best meat of a goat is the meat from its back.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with them both), he says: I saw the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) eating cucumber with fresh dates.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the meat portion most beloved to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was the foreleg, and specifically the foreleg of a goat. Poison was mixed into the foreleg of a goat for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and it was the Jews who gave the poison.

Mawla of the Messenger, Sayyiduna Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: He says, I was given a gift of a goat. I slaughtered it and put its meat in a pot to cook. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: O Abu Rafi’! Hand me its foreleg. So I handed it to him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) then said: Hand me its other foreleg as well. I handed him the other foreleg. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) then said: Give me another foreleg. I said: O Messenger of Allah! A goat has only two forelegs. Hearing this, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: If you had remained silent, you would have continued handing me forelegs as long as you remained silent. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) called for water, rinsed his blessed mouth with it, washed his fingers, then stood up and performed prayer. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) returned and found cold meat with us. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) ate from it, then entered the mosque and performed another prayer, and did not touch water with his hand.

(Second chain) Roasted goat meat was prepared for the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and brought to him. Sayyiduna Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me,“O Abu Rafi’! Hand me the foreleg.”I handed it to him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said,“O Abu Rafi’! Hand me another foreleg.”I handed that to him as well. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said,“O Abu Rafi’! Hand me another foreleg.”I said,“O Messenger of Allah! A goat has only two forelegs.”The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said,“If you had remained silent, you would have continued handing me forelegs as long as I kept asking.”In fact, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was very fond of the meat from the foreleg.

Syedna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was very fond of the meat of the foreleg.

Syedna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that we had made a vessel of pebbles for the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). I brought that vessel to him and placed it before him. He (peace and blessings be upon him) looked into it and said: I think there is meat in it. I mentioned this to the people at home (and we understood that the Prophet [peace and blessings be upon him] desired to eat meat), so they slaughtered a goat for him (peace and blessings be upon him).

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) liked faghiyah very much, and among foods, the most beloved dish to him (peace and blessings be upon him) was curry of pumpkin.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that a bowl was presented before the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), in which there was gourd, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was very fond of gourd. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began to search for pieces of gourd in the bowl with his fingers.