Narrated Anas bin Malik: A tailor invited the Prophet to a meal which he had prepared, and I went along with the Prophet . The tailor presented barley bread and soup containing gourd and cured meat. I saw the Prophet picking the pieces of gourd from around the dish, and since then I have kept on liking gourd.
— Sahih Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 65: Food, Meals, Hadith #347
Narrated Anas bin Malik: A tailor invited the Prophet to a meal which he had prepared, and I went along with the Prophet . The tailor presented barley bread and soup containing gourd and cured meat. I saw the Prophet picking the pieces of gourd from around the dish, and since then I have kept on liking gourd.
This hadith is from the book of Food, Meals in Sahih Bukhari, compiled by Imam al-Bukhari. It is hadith number 347 in book 65 of volume 7.
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