43) Chapter: When the Imam is called for As-Salat (the prayer) while he has in his hands something to eat.
Narrated Ja`far bin `Amr bin Umaiya:
My father said, "I saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) eating a piece of meat from the shoulder of a sheep and he was
called for the prayer. He stood up, put down the knife and prayed but did not perform ablution.''
