Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-1934b

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"From 'Utbah ibn Farqad, who said: I came to 'Umar with baskets of khabis (a sweet dish). He said: 'What is this?' I said: 'Food I brought you, because you attend to people's needs early in the day, so I wished that when you returned you would come back to food and eat from it and be strengthened.' He uncovered one of the baskets and said: 'I adjure you, O 'Utbah, have you provided every Muslim man with a basket?' I said: 'O Commander of the Believers! Even if you spent the wealth of Qays entirely, it would not suffice for that.' He said: 'Then I have no need for it.' Then he called for a bowl of thareed, dry bread and coarse meat, and he ate with me a hearty meal. I began to reach for the white piece, thinking it was the hump, but it was a sinew. A morsel of meat I chewed but could not swallow, so when he was distracted from me I placed it between the table cloth and the bowl. Then he called for a cup of nabidh that had nearly become vinegar. He said: 'Drink.' I took it but could hardly swallow it. Then he took it and drank, and said: 'Listen, O 'Utbah, we slaughter a camel every day. As for its fat and its choicest parts, they are for those who attend us from the regions of the Muslims. As for its neck, it is for the family of 'Umar. We eat this coarse meat and drink this strong nabidh, which cuts through our bellies lest it harm us.'"

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