Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Suhayb (may Allah be pleased with him): How fine a man you would be, were it not for three traits (needing correction) in you. He asked: What are they? He said: You have taken a kunyah even though you have no children; you ascribe yourself to the Arabs although you are a Roman; and you are very extravagant in food. He replied: O Commander of the Believers! As for your first point, that I took a kunyah without having children, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) himself gave me the kunyah "Abu Yahya". As for your saying that I ascribe myself to the Arabs, the truth is that I am a member of the tribe of al-Namir bin Qasit; I was taken captive from Mosul in my childhood, when I already knew my family and lineage. And as for your saying that I am extravagant in food, I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The best of you is the one who feeds others." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.