8. Book of Food
٨۔ كِتَابُ الْأَطْعِمَةِ
[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."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا سَقَطَتْ لُقْمَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَمْسَحْ عَنْهَا التُّرَابَ وَلْيُسَمِّ اللَّهَ وَلْيَأْكُلْهَا»
[Machine] He said, "So, those executioners started mocking him, and they said to him, 'What do you see that these non-Arabs say? They say, 'Look at the food in front of him and what he does with this morsel.'" He said, "Indeed, I would not forsake what I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ regarding the saying of these non-Arabs. We were commanded that when a morsel falls from one of us, we should remove any harm from it and eat it."
قال فَجَعَلَ أُولَئِكَ الدَّهَاقِينُ يَتَغَامَزُونَ بِهِ فَقَالُوا لَهُ مَا تَرَى مَا يَقُولُ هَؤُلَاءِ الْأَعَاجِمُ يَقُولُونَ انْظُرُوا إِلَى مَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ وَإِلَى مَا يَصْنَعُ بِهَذِهِ اللُّقْمَةِ؟ فَقَالَ «إِنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ لِأَدَعَ مَا سَمِعْتُ منْ رسولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِقَوْلِ هَؤُلَاءِ الْأَعَاجِمِ إِنَّا كُنَّا نُؤْمَرُ إِذَا سَقَطَتْ لُقْمَةُ أَحَدِنَا أَنْ يُمِيطَ مَا بِهَا مِنَ الْأَذَى وَأَنْ يَأْكُلَهَا»