Riyad as-Salihin 748
Excellence of Eating with Three Fingers and Licking Them
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- وعن كعب بن مالك رضى الله عنه قال:
رأيت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يأكل بثلاث أصابع، فإذا فرغ لعقها.
Translation
Ka'b bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I saw Messenger of Allah (PBUH) eating with three fingers (i.e., the thumb, the index finger and the middle finger) and licking them after having finished the food. [Muslim].
Notes
((رواه مسلم))
Grades by grader
| Muslim | Soundgraded on muslim:2032c | hadithunlocked |
|---|---|---|
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Sound Chaingraded on ahmad:27169 | hadithunlocked |
Same hadith, other wordings
- Shahih Muslim 2032cكَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِثَلاَثِ أَصَابِعَ فَإِذَا فَرَغَ لَعِقَهَا
- Musnad Ahmad 27169كَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِثَلَاثِ أَصَابِعَ، فَإِذَا فَرَغَ لَعِقَهَا.
- Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir ath-Thabrani 16306«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِثَلَاثِ أَصَابِعَ فَإِذَا فَرَغَ لَعِقَهَا»
- Shahih Ibnu Hibban 5251«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَأْكُلُ بِثَلَاثِ أَصَابِعَ ثُمَّ يَلْعَقُهُنَّ»
Narrators
- a well-known Companiond. during ʿAlī's caliphate, or in the days when ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib was killed, or in the year 51 AH, also said: 50 AH, and al-Wāqidī and Abū Ḥātim stated it definitivelyكعب بن مالكصحابي مشهور
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