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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  


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muslim:2035aMuḥammad b. Ḥātim > Bahz > Wuhayb > Suhayl from his father > 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.  

مسلم:٢٠٣٥aوَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُهَيْلٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَلْعَقْ أَصَابِعَهُ فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَدْرِي فِي أَيَّتِهِنَّ الْبَرَكَةُ  

tirmidhi:1801Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abū al-Shawārib > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. al-Mukhtār > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

That Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When one of you eats, then let him lick his fingers, for indeed he does not know in which of them is the blessing." He said: There are narrations on this topic from Jabir, Ka'b bin Malik, and Anas.  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Gharib, we do not know of it except from this route, as a narration of Suhail. I asked Muhammad about this Hadith, so he said: "This is among the diverse narrations of 'Abdul-'Aziz, we do not know of it except from his narration."
الترمذي:١٨٠١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّوَارِبِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ الْمُخْتَارِ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَلْعَقْ أَصَابِعَهُ فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَدْرِي فِي أَيَّتِهِنَّ الْبَرَكَةُ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ وَكَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ وَأَنَسٍ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ سُهَيْلٍ وَسَأَلْتُ مُحَمَّدًا عَنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فَقَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ مِنَ الْمُخْتَلِفِ لاَ يُعْرَفُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِهِ
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  

ahmad:8499ʿAffān Bihadhā al-Isnād

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:٨٤٩٩حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَلْعَقْ أَصَابِعَهُ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي فِي أَيَّتِهِنَّ الْبَرَكَةُ  

darimi:2068Isḥāq b. ʿĪsá > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] From the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , he said, "When one of you eats, let him lick his three fingers."  

الدارمي:٢٠٦٨حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى أَنْبَأَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَلْعَقْ أَصَابِعَهُ الثَّلَاثَ»  

tabarani:5434ʿAmr b. Abū al-Ṭāhir b. al-Sarḥ al-Miṣrī > Abū Ṣāliḥ al-Ḥarrānī > Ibn Lahīʿah > Jaʿfar b. Rabīʿah > Jamīl b. Abū al-Maḍāʾ from his father > Marwān b. al-Ḥakam Lizayd b. Thābit Kayf Taʾkul > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

[Machine] Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri narrated to me that the Prophet ﷺ said, "When one of you eats food, he should not wipe his hand until he licks his fingers, as he does not know in which food the blessing lies."  

الطبراني:٥٤٣٤حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِي الطَّاهِرِ بْنِ السَّرْحِ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا أَبُو صَالِحٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ ثنا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ أَنَّ جَمِيلَ بْنَ أَبِي الْمَضَاءِ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ مَرْوَانُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ لِزَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ كَيْفَ تَأْكُلُ؟ قَالَ

أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّ ؓ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا طَعِمَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ فَلَا يَمْسَحْ يَدَهُ حَتَّى يَلْعَقَ أَصَابِعَهُ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي فِي أَيِّ طَعَامِهِ يُبَارَكُ لَهُ»  

tabarani:4918ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > ʿAbd al-Salām b. Ḥarb > Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Farwah > Jubayr b. al-Muthanná from his father > Arsal ʿAbd al-Malik b. Marwān > Zayd b. Thābit Fasaʾalah Kayf Yaʾkul And Yashrab > Ashrab Ḥattá Idhā Ānqaṭaʿ al-Nafas Rafaʿt al-Ināʾ > Famī Waʾidhā Akalt Laʿiqt Aṣābiʿī Faʾinnī

[Machine] I drink until my breath stops, then I lift the cup from my mouth. And when I eat, I lick my fingers. For I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "When one of you eats, let him lick his fingers, for he does not know in which of his food the blessing lies."  

الطبراني:٤٩١٨حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي فَرْوَةَ عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ أَرْسَلَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ إِلَى زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ فَسَأَلَهُ كَيْفَ يَأْكُلُ وَيَشْرَبُ؟ قَالَ

أَشْرَبُ حَتَّى إِذَا انْقَطَعَ النَّفَسُ رَفَعْتُ الْإِنَاءَ عَنْ فَمِي وَإِذَا أَكَلْتُ لَعِقْتُ أَصَابِعِي فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَلْعَقْ أَصَابِعَهُ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي فِي أَيِّ طَعَامِهِ تَكُونُ الْبَرَكَةُ»  

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"إذا أكل أحدُكم طعامَه فلْيلعقْ أصابِعهَ فإنه لا يدرى في أي طعامِه تكون البركُةُ" .  

[حم] أحمد [م] مسلم [ت] الترمذي عن أبي هريرة، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن زيد بن ثابت، [طس] الطبرانى في الأوسط عن أنس