Sahih Muslim 2034
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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وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ نَافِعٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَكَلَ طَعَامًا لَعِقَ أَصَابِعَهُ الثَّلاَثَ. قَالَ: وَقَالَ: «إِذَا سَقَطَتْ لُقْمَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيُمِطْ عَنْهَا الأَذَى، وَلْيَأْكُلْهَا، وَلاَ يَدَعْهَا لِلشَّيْطَانِ». وَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَسْلُتَ الْقَصْعَةَ، قَالَ: «فَإِنَّكُمْ لاَ تَدْرُونَ فِي أَىِّ طَعَامِكُمُ الْبَرَكَةُ».
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Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. Ḥātim
- Abū Bakr b. Nāfiʿ al-ʿAbdī
- Bahz
- Ḥammād b. Salamah
- Thābit
- Anas
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, whenever he ate food, would lick his three fingers. He said: And he said: “If a morsel belonging to one of you falls, let him remove any harm from it, eat it, and not leave it for Satan.” He instructed us to wipe the bowl clean, saying: “You do not know in which part of your food the blessing lies.”
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- Riyadhus Shalihin 607- وعن أنس رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كان إذا أكل طعاماً لعق أصابعه الثلاث قال: وقال: “إذا سقطت لقمة أحدكم، فليمط عنها الأذى، وليأكلها، ولا يدعها للشيطان” وأمر أن تسلت القصعة قال: فإنكم لا تدرون فى أى طعامكم البركة” ((رواه