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ahmad:14224[Chain 1] Wakīʿ > Sufyān [Chain 2] Sufyān > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If a morsel of food falls down from one of you, let him remove any dirt from it and then eat it, and do not leave it for Satan."  

أحمد:١٤٢٢٤حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ ح وَعَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَقَطَتْ لُقْمَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيُمِطْ مَا بِهَا مِنَ الْأَذَى وَلْيَأْكُلْهَا وَلَا يَدَعْهَا لِلشَّيْطَانِ  


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tirmidhi:1802Qutaybah > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

That the Prophet ﷺ said: "When one of you eats food, and he drops a pieces of it, then let him remove anything suspicious from it and eat it. Do not leave it for Ash-Shaitan." He said: There is something about this from Anas.  

الترمذي:١٨٠٢حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ طَعَامًا فَسَقَطَتْ لُقْمَةٌ فَلْيُمِطْ مَا رَابَهُ مِنْهَا ثُمَّ لْيَطْعَمْهَا وَلاَ يَدَعْهَا لِلشَّيْطَانِ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ  

ibnmajah:3279ʿAlī b. al-Mundhir > Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

“If a morsel falls from the hand of anyone of you, let him wipe off whatever dirt that is on it and eat it.”  

ابن ماجة:٣٢٧٩حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا وَقَعَتِ اللُّقْمَةُ مِنْ يَدِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَمْسَحْ مَا عَلَيْهَا مِنَ الأَذَى وَلْيَأْكُلْهَا  

ahmad:14938Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

When any one of you drops a mouthful he should pick it up and remove any of the filth on it, and then eat it, and should not leave it for the Satan, and should not wipe his hand with towel until he has licked his fingers, for he does not know in what portion of the food the blessing lies. (Using translation from Muslim 2033b)   

أحمد:١٤٩٣٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَقَطَتْ مِنْ أَحَدِكُمْ لُقْمَةٌ فَلْيُمِطْ مَا أَصَابَهَا مِنَ الْأَذَى وَلَا يَدَعْهَا لِلشَّيْطَانِ وَلَا يَمْسَحْ يَدَهُ بِالْمِنْدِيلِ حَتَّى يَلْعَقَهَا أَوْ يُلْعِقَهَا فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي فِي أَيِّ طَعَامِهِ الْبَرَكَةُ  

ahmad:14388Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: If a morsel of food falls from one of you, let him pick it up, remove any harm from it, and eat it, rather than leaving it for the devil.  

أحمد:١٤٣٨٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَقَطَتْ لُقْمَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَأْخُذْهَا فَلْيُمِطْ مَا بِهَا مِنَ الْأَذَى وَلْيَأْكُلْهَا وَلَا يَدَعْهَا لِلشَّيْطَانِ  

ahmad:14552Abū Aḥmad > Sufyān > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

When any one of you drops a mouthful he should pick it up and remove any of the filth on it, and then eat it, and should not leave it for the Satan, and should not wipe his hand with towel until he has licked his fingers, for he does not know in what portion of the food the blessing lies. (Using translation from Muslim 2033b)   

أحمد:١٤٥٥٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَقَطَتِ اللُّقْمَةُ مِنْ يَدِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيُمِطْ مَا كَانَ عَلَيْهَا مِنَ الْأَذَى وَلَا يَدَعْهَا لِلشَّيْطَانِ وَلَا يَمْسَحْ يَدَهُ بِالْمِنْدِيلِ وَلْيَلْعَقْ أَصَابِعَهُ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي فِي أَيِّ طَعَامِهِ الْبَرَكَةُ  

ahmad:14629ʿAbdullāh b. al-Walīd al--Adhī Yuqāl Lah al-ʿAdanī Ḥaddathanāsufyān > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

When any one of you drops a mouthful he should pick it up and remove any of the filth on it, and then eat it, and should not leave it for the Satan, and should not wipe his hand with towel until he has licked his fingers, for he does not know in what portion of the food the blessing lies. (Using translation from Muslim 2033b)   

أحمد:١٤٦٢٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الَّذِي يُقَالَ لَهُ الْعَدَنِيُّ حَدَّثَنَاسُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَقَطَتْ لُقْمَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيُمِطْ مَا كَانَ بِهَا مِنْ أَذًى ثُمَّ لِيَأْكُلْهَا وَلَا يَدَعْهَا لِلشَّيْطَانِ وَلَا يَمْسَحْ أَحَدُكُمْ يَدَهُ بِالْمِنْدِيلِ حَتَّى يَلْعَقَ أَصَابِعَهُ أَوْ يُلْعِقَهَا فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي فِي أَيِّ طَعَامِهِ الْبَرَكَةُ  

ahmad:11964Muʿtamir > Ḥumayd > Anas

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'If a morsel of food falls from any of you, let him pick it up and remove any harm from it, and do not leave it for the devil.'"  

أحمد:١١٩٦٤حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا سَقَطَتْ لُقْمَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَأْخُذْهَا وَلْيَمْسَحْ مَا بِهَا مِنَ الْأَذَى وَلَا يَدَعْهَا لِلشَّيْطَانِ  

darimi:2071Isḥāq b. ʿĪsá > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When a morsel of food falls from any of you, then let him wipe the dirt off it, mention the name of Allah, and eat it."  

الدارمي:٢٠٧١أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا سَقَطَتْ لُقْمَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَمْسَحْ عَنْهَا التُّرَابَ وَلْيُسَمِّ اللَّهَ وَلْيَأْكُلْهَا»  

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِأَكْلِ اللُّقْمَةِ إِذَا سَقَطَتْ مِنْ يَدَيِ الْآكِلِ لِئَلَّا يَتْرُكَهَا لِلشَّيْطَانِ

ibnhibban:5249al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Hudbah b. Khālid > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If a morsel of food falls, one of you should remove any dirt from it and eat it, and not leave it for Satan. And wipe your plates, for blessing cannot be determined in which of your meals it will be found."  

ابن حبّان:٥٢٤٩أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا سَقَطَتْ لُقْمَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيُمِطِ الْأَذَى عَنْهَا وَلْيَأْكُلْهَا وَلَا يَدَعْهَا لِلشَّيْطَانِ وَأَسْلِتُوا الصَّحْفَةَ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يُدْرَى فِي أَيِّ طَعَامِكُمْ تَكُونُ الْبَرَكَةُ»  

tabarani:17650Ibrāhīm b. Hāshim al-Baghawī > Muḥammad b. Marzūq > ʿAttāb b. Ḥarb > al-Muḍāʾ al-Khazzāz > Yūnus > al-Ḥasan > Maʿqil b. Yasār

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "If a morsel of any of you falls, let him remove any harm from it and eat it, and not leave it for the Shaytan."  

الطبراني:١٧٦٥٠حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ الْبَغَوِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ ثنا عَتَّابُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ثنا الْمُضَاءُ الْخَزَّازُ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ مَعْقِلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا سَقَطَتْ لُقْمَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيُمِطْ مَا كَانَ بِهَا مِنَ الْأَذَى وَلْيَأْكُلْهَا وَلَا يَدَعْهَا لِلشَّيْطَانِ»  

tabarani:17651Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Firyābī > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá al-Hayjamī > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Jumaḥī > Yūnus b. ʿUbayd > al-Ḥasan > Maʿqil b. Yasār

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "If a morsel of food falls down from any of you, then he should pick off any harm from it and eat it."  

الطبراني:١٧٦٥١حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْهَيْجَمِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْجُمَحِيُّ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ مَعْقِلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا سَقَطَتْ لُقْمَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيُمِطْ مَا كَانَ عَلَيْهَا مِنَ الْأَذَى وَلْيَأْكُلْهَا»  

suyuti:1368a

That the Prophet ﷺ said: "When one of you eats food, and he drops a pieces of it, then let him remove anything suspicious from it and eat it. Do not leave it for Ash-Shaitan." He said: There is something about this from Anas. (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1802)   

السيوطي:١٣٦٨a

"إِذا أكلَ أحدُكم طعَامًا فسقطتْ لُقْمتُهُ- فْليُمِطْ ما رَابَه مِنها ثم لُيَطْعَمْها ولا يدعْها للشَّيطان".  

[ت] الترمذي عن جابر (فَلْيَأخْذها ولا يدعْها للشيطان) [ت] الترمذي عن جابر
suyuti:1974a

When any one of you drops a mouthful he should pick it up and remove any of the filth on it, and then eat it, and should not leave it for the Satan, and should not wipe his hand with towel until he has licked his fingers, for he does not know in what portion of the food the blessing lies. (Using translation from Muslim 2033b)   

السيوطي:١٩٧٤a

"إذا سَقطت لُقمةُ أحدكم فليُمِطْ ما بها من الأذى وليَأكُلْها ولا يدَعْها للشَّيطانِ، ولا يَمْسحْ يَدَهُ بالمنديل حتى يَلعَقَها أو يُلعِقَها؛ فإِنَّهُ لا يدرى في أي طعامِه البركةُ" .  

[حم] أحمد (وعبد بن حميد)، [م] مسلم [ن] النسائي [هـ] ابن ماجة عن جابر، [هـ] ابن ماجة [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن معقل بن يسار