وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا أَنَّهُمْ ذَبَحُوا شَاةً، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: مَا بَقِيَ مِنْهَا؟ قَالَتْ: مَا بَقِيَ مِنْهَا إِلَّا كَتِفُهَا. قَالَ: بَقِيَ كُلُّهَا غَيْرَ كَتِفِهَا
Translation: ʿAʾishah reported that they slaughtered a sheep. The Prophet ﷺ asked, “What remains of it?” She replied, “Nothing remains of it except its shoulder.” He said, “All of it remains except its shoulder.”
ʿAʾishah relates that a sheep was slaughtered. The Prophet ﷺ asked what remained of it. She replied that nothing remained except its shoulder. He then explained that all of it remained except the shoulder.
The statement does not mean that the distributed meat physically returned. It shifts attention from food remaining at home to the enduring reward of what was given as charity for Allah’s sake. ʿAʾishah answered in terms of what was physically left; the Prophet ﷺ directed attention to what endures with Allah. That contrast is the central teaching.
Source: Tirmidhi