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darimi:2068 – Isḥāq 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:٢٠٦٨ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى أَنْبَأَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

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

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muslim:2035a – Muḥammad 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:٢٠٣٥a – وَحَدَّثَنِي 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  

ahmad:9369 – ʿAffān > 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:٩٣٦٩ – حَدَّثَنَا 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  

ahmad:8499 – ʿAffān 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:٨٤٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ

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

darimi:2069 – ʿAmr b. ʿAwn > Ibn ʿUyaynah > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, 'When you eat, do not wipe your hands till you have licked it, or had it licked by somebody else." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5456)  

الدارمي:٢٠٦٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَمْسَحْ يَدَهُ حَتَّى يَلْعَقَ أَصَابِعَهُ أَوْ يُلْعِقَهَا »