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ahmad:15224Ḥusayn > Sufyān > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ ordered to lick the fingers and the plate and said, "None of you knows in which of these blessings lies."

أحمد:١٥٢٢٤حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَمَرَ بِلَعْقِ الْأَصَابِعِ وَالصَّحْفَةِ وَقَالَ لَا يَدْرِي أَحَدُكُمْ فِي أَيِّ ذَلِكَ الْبَرَكَةَ

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Licking the fingers and the dish after eating

muslim:2033aAbū Bakr b. Abī Shaybah > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[AI] The Prophet ﷺ ordered that the fingers and the dish be licked, and said: "You do not know in which of them the blessing is."

مسلم:٢٠٣٣aوَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَمَرَ بِلَعْقِ الأَصَابِعِ وَالصَّحْفَةِ، وَقَالَ: «إِنَّكُمْ لَا تَدْرُونَ فِي أَيِّهِ الْبَرَكَةُ».

ahmad:9369ʿAffān > Wuhayb > Hishām / Ibn ʿUrwah > a man > Abū Hurayrah

When any one of you eats food he should lick his fingers, for he does not know in what part of the food sticking to his fingers the blessing lies. (Using translation from Muslim 2035a)

أحمد:٩٣٦٩حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَلْعَقْ أَصَابِعَهُ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي فِي أَيِّ ذَلِكَ الْبَرَكَةُ