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ahmad:15153Ḥasan > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade a person from eating with his left hand, for indeed Satan eats with his left hand.  

أحمد:١٥١٥٣حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ الرَّجُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ  


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malik:49-6Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Bakr b. ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Abu Bakr ibn Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn Umar from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When you eat, eat with your right hand and drink with your right hand. Shaytan eats with his left hand and drinks with his left hand."  

مالك:٤٩-٦وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَأْكُلْ بِيَمِينِهِ وَلْيَشْرَبْ بِيَمِينِهِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ وَيَشْرَبُ بِشِمَالِهِ  

ahmad:13665ʿAffān > Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > Hishām b. Ḥassān > ʿAbdullāh b. Dihqān > Anas

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ forbade a man from eating with his left hand.  

أحمد:١٣٦٦٥حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِهْقَانَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ الرَّجُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ  

ahmad:13098ʿAffān > Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > Hishām b. Ḥassān > ʿUbaydullāh b. Dihqān > Anas

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ prohibited a man from eating with his left hand.  

أحمد:١٣٠٩٨حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِهْقَانَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ الرَّجُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ  

ahmad:14587Yūnus b. Muḥammad And Ḥujayn > Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

“Do not eat with your left hand, for Satan eats with his left hand.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3268)  

أحمد:١٤٥٨٧حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَحُجَيْنٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تَأْكُلُوا بِالشِّمَالِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِالشِّمَالِ  

darimi:2073Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥanafī > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Bakr b. ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

When any one of you intends to eat (meal), he should eat with his right hand. and when he (intends) to drink he should drink with his right hand, for the Satan eats with his left hand and drinks with his left hand. (Using translation from Muslim 2020a)  

الدارمي:٢٠٧٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحَنَفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَأْكُلْ بِيَمِينِهِ وَلْيَشْرَبْ بِيَمِينِهِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ وَيَشْرَبُ بِشِمَالِهِ»  

nasai-kubra:6864Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq > Abū al-Jawwāb > Sufyān > ʿUmar b. Muḥammad > al-Qāsim > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited a man from eating or drinking with his left hand, for indeed the devil eats and drinks with his left hand.  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٨٦٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْجَوَّابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ الرَّجُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ أَوْ يَشْرَبَ بِشِمَالِهِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ وَيُشْرَبُ بِشِمَالِهِ»