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Sahih Muslim 2031b

It is recommended to lick one's fingers and wipe the bowl, and to eat a piece of food that is dropped after removing any dirt on it. It is disliked to wipe one's hand before licking it, because of the possibility that the blessing of the food may be in that remaining part. The Sunnah is to eat with three fingers

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حَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو عَاصِمٍ جَمِيعًا عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَطَاءً يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ

إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ فَلاَ يَمْسَحْ يَدَهُ حَتَّى يَلْعَقَهَا أَوْ يُلْعِقَهَا

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. [Chain 1] Hārūn b. ʿAbdullāh
  2. Ḥajjāj b. Muḥammad [Chain 2] ʿAbd b. Ḥumayd
  3. Abū ʿĀṣim Jamīʿ
  4. Ibn Jurayj [Chain 3] Zuhayr b. Ḥarb and -al-Lafẓ Lah
  5. Rawḥ b. ʿUbādah
  6. Ibn Jurayj
  7. ʿAṭāʾ
  8. Ibn ʿAbbās
  9. Rasūl Allāh ﷺ

When any one of you eats food he should not wipe his hand until he has licked it or have it licked.

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Sahih al-Bukhari 5456Sahih Muslim 2031aMusnad Ahmad 1924al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 11411Musnad Abi Ya'la 2506

Narrators

  1. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās
    One of the Companions who narrated most prolifically (mukthirūn).d. 65 AH, or 67 AH, or 68 AH, also said: 69 AH, also said: 70 AH; also said: 73 AH
    عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍأحد المكثرين من الصحابة
    سمعت
  2. ʿAṭāʾ b. Abī Rabāḥ
    Trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), virtuous, but he often narrated with omission of the Companion (irsāl); it is said that he changed (taghayyara) at the end of his life, though this was not frequent in himd. 112 AH, or 114 AH, or 115 AH, or 116 AH, or 117 AH
    عَطَاءًثقة فقيه ، فاضل لكنه كثير الإرسال ، وقيل : إنه تغير بآخره ، ولم يكثر ذلك منه
    سمعت
  3. Ibn Jurayj
    Trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), excellent (fāḍil); he used to commit concealment (tadlīs) and to narrate with omission of the Companion (irsāl).d. 149 AH or 150 AH or 151 AH or 160 AH
    ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍثقة فقيه فاضل ، وكان يدلس ويرسل
    عن
  4. Ḥajjāj
    Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), but his memory became confused (ikhtalaṭa) at the end of his life, when he came to Baghdad before his death.d. 205 AH, or 206 AH
    حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ.ثقة ثبت لكنه اختلط في آخر عمره لما قدم بغداد قبل موته
    حدثنا
  5. Hārūn b. ʿAbdillāh
    trustworthy (thiqah)d. 241 AH, or: 243 AH, or: 249 AH
    هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِثقة
    حدثني
  6. Muslim
    Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), an imam, an author of compilations, knowledgeable in jurisprudence (fiqh)d. Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb said: 261 AH, Makkī b. ʿAbdān said: 259 AH
    مُسْلِمٌثقة حافظ ، إمام ، مصنف ، عالم بالفقه

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