A man ate in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with his left hand, so he said, *“Eat with your right hand.”*He said, “I am not able.” He said, “May you not be able ˹to˺”, and nothing prevented him except arrogance. Then he could not raise it to his mouth.

أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَكَلَ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِشِمَالِهِ فَقَالَ: «كُلْ بِيَمِينِكَ»، قَالَ: لاَ أَسْتَطِيعُ، قَالَ: «لاَ اسْتَطَعْتَ» مَا مَنَعَهُ إِلاَّ الْكِبْرُ، قَالَ فَمَا رَفَعَهَا إِلَى فِيهِ

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ saw a man eating with his left hand, so he said, "Eat with your right hand." The man replied, "I cannot." The Prophet ﷺ said, "You can if you try." The man said, "But I cannot."

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَأَى رَجُلًا يَأْكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَقَالَ كُلْ بِيَمِينِكَ قَالَ لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ قَالَ لَا اسْتَطَعْتَ قَالَ فَمَا وَصَلَتْ إِلَى فِيهِ بَعْدُ

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ saw a man eating with his left hand, so he said, "eat with your right hand." The man replied, "I cannot." The Prophet ﷺ said, "you are not able?" The man replied, "no."

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَأَى رَجُلًا يَأْكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَقَالَ كُلْ بِيَمِينِكَ فَقَالَ لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ فَقَالَ لَا اسْتَطَعْتَ قَالَ فَمَا رَجَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ

[Machine] He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying to a man known as Busru ibn Raa'i al-Ir, who had a paralyzed right hand, 'Eat with your right hand.' The man replied, 'I am unable to.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'You will not be able to.' Then the man's right hand connected to his mouth and he was able to eat with it." Abu al-Nadr said in his narration, "Ibn Raa'i al-Ir was one of the bravest."

قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لِرَجُلٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ بُسْرُ ابْنُ رَاعِي الْعِيرِ أَبْصَرَهُ يَأْكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَقَالَ كُلْ بِيَمِينِكَ فَقَالَ لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ فَقَالَ لَا اسْتَطَعْتَ قَالَ فَمَا وَصَلَتْ يَمِينُهُ إِلَى فَمِهِ بَعْدُ وقَالَ أَبُو النَّضْرِ فِي حَدِيثِهِ ابْنُرَاعِي الْعِيرِ مِنْ أَشْجَعَ

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ saw a man called Busrah ibn Ra'i al-'Iri eating with his left hand, so he said, "Eat with your right hand." The man replied, "I cannot." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Then you cannot." After that, his hand did not reach his mouth anymore.

أَبْصَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَجُلًا يُقَالُ لَهُ بُسْرُ بْنُ رَاعِي الْعِيرِ يَأْكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَقَالَ «كُلْ بِيَمِينِكَ» قَالَ لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ قَالَ «لَا اسْتَطَعْتَ» قَالَ فَمَا نَالَتْ يَدُهُ إِلَى فِيهِ بَعْدُ

Eat with your right hand. He said: I cannot do that, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: May you not be able to do that. It was vanity that prevented him from doing it, and he could not raise it (the right hand) up to his mouth. (Using translation from Muslim 2021)

أَنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ يَأْكُلُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِشِمَالِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «كُلْ بِيَمِينِكَ» قَالَ لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ «لَا اسْتَطَعْتَ» فَمَا رَفَعَهَا إِلَى فِيهِ

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ saw Basr, the shepherd of al-'Anz, eating with his left hand, so he said, "Eat with your right hand." Basr replied, "I cannot." The Prophet ﷺ said, "You cannot?" Afterwards, his right hand never reached his mouth.

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَبْصَرَ بُسْرَ ابْنَ رَاعِي الْعَنْزِ يَأْكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَقَالَ «كُلْ بِيَمِينِكَ» فَقَالَ لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ فَقَالَ «لَا اسْتَطَعْتَ» فَمَا نَالَتْ يَمِينُهُ إِلَى فِيهِ بَعْدُ

[Machine] A man used to eat with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with his left hand, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "Eat with your right hand." He replied, "I am unable to." So the Prophet ﷺ said, "Then you cannot raise it to your mouth."

أَنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ يَأْكُلُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِشِمَالِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «كُلْ بِيَمِينِكَ» قَالَ لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَا اسْتَطَعْتَ» قَالَ فَمَا رَفَعَهَا بَعْدُ إِلَى فِيهِ

"عَنْ إِياسِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبيهِ: أَنَّ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ أَبْصَرَ بُسْرَ بْنَ رَاعِى الْعِيرِ يَأكُلُ بِشمَالِه، فَقَالَ: كُلْ بِيَميِنِكَ، فَقَالَ: لَا أَسْتَطيعُ. فَقَالَ: لا اسْتَطَعْتَ، فَمَا نَالَتْ يَمِينُهُ إِلَى فِيهِ بَعْدُ".