Chapter: It is permissible to eat soup, and it is recommended to eat squash, And for the people eating together to show preference to one another even if they are guests, so long as the host does not object to that
Anas b. Malik reported: A tailor invited Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) to a meal which he had prepared. Anas b. Malik said: I went along with Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) to that feast. He presented to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) barley bread and soup containing pumpkin, and sliced pieces of meat. Anas said: I saw Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) going after the pumpkin round the dish, so I have always liked the pumpkin since that day.
Anas b. Malik reported that a person invited Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) to a meal. I also went along with him. He brought soup containing pumpkin. Allah's 'messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) ate that pumpkin with relish. He (Anas) said: When I saw that I began to place it before him, and did not eat it (myself). Anas said: It was since then that pumpkin was always my favourite (food).
Anas b. Malik rdported that a tailor invited Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) to a feast. There has been an addition to this that Thabit said: I heard Anas saying that any meal that was prepared for me after that I tried that it should contain pumpkin.