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ahmad:3214Wakīʿ > Sufyān > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not eat the food from its top, but eat from its sides, for indeed blessings come down from above it."

أحمد:٣٢١٤حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تَأْكُلُوا الطَّعَامَ مِنْ فَوْقِهِ وَكُلُوا مِنْ جَوَانِبِهِ فَإِنَّ الْبَرَكَةَ تَنْزِلُ مِنْ فَوْقِهِ

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ahmad:2439ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "Eat from the edges of the dish and do not eat from the middle, for indeed blessing descends in the middle of it."

أحمد:٢٤٣٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ كُلُوا فِي الْقَصْعَةِ مِنْجَوَانِبِهَا وَلا تَأْكُلُوا مِنْ وَسَطِهَا فَإِنَّ الْبَرَكَةَ تَنْزِلُ فِي وَسَطِهَا