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darimi:2076Muḥammad b. ʿĪsá > Abū Muʿāwiyah > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Saʿd al-Madanī > Ibn Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

The Prophet ﷺ used to eat with three fingers and not wipe his before licking it. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3848)  

الدارمي:٢٠٧٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ الْمَدَنِيِّ عَنْ ابْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَأْكُلُ بِثَلَاثِ أَصَابِعَ وَلَا يَمْسَحُ يَدَهُ حَتَّى يَلْعَقَهَا»  


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muslim:2032bYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Abū Muʿāwiyah > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Saʿd > Ibn Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

Ibn Ka'b b. Malik reported on the authority of his father that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to eat (food) with three fingers and he licked his hand before wiping it (with towel).  

مسلم:٢٠٣٢bحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَأْكُلُ بِثَلاَثِ أَصَابِعَ وَيَلْعَقُ يَدَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمْسَحَهَا  

muslim:2032cMuḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr from my father > Hishām > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Saʿd > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Kaʿb b. Mālik or ʿAbdullāh b. Kaʿb > Abīh Kaʿb

'Abdullah b. Ka'b reported that his father Ka'b narrated to him that Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to eat with three fingers and when he had finished (eating), he licked them.  

مسلم:٢٠٣٢cوَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَوْ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ كَعْبٍ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ كَعْبٍ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُمْ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِثَلاَثِ أَصَابِعَ فَإِذَا فَرَغَ لَعِقَهَا  

abudawud:3848al-Nufaylī > Abū Muʿāwiyah > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Saʿd > Ibn Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

The Prophet ﷺ used to eat with three fingers and not wipe his before licking it.  

أبو داود:٣٨٤٨حَدَّثَنَا النُّفَيْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِثَلاَثِ أَصَابِعَ وَلاَ يَمْسَحُ يَدَهُ حَتَّى يَلْعَقَهَا  

ahmad:27167Abū Muʿāwiyah > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Saʿd > Ibn Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

Ibn Ka'b b. Malik reported on the authority of his father that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to eat (food) with three fingers and he licked his hand before wiping it (with towel). (Using translation from Muslim 2032b)   

أحمد:٢٧١٦٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ ابْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْكُلُ بِثَلَاثِ أَصَابِعَ وَلَا يَمْسَحُ يَدَهُ حَتَّى يَلْعَقَهَا  

darimi:2069ʿAmr 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:٢٠٦٩أَخْبَرَنَا 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 »  

bayhaqi:14614[Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār > Abū Muʿāwiyah [Chain 2] Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Salām And ʾIbrāhīm b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Abū Muʿāwiyah > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Saʿd > Ibn Kaʿb b. Mālik > Abīh ؓ

Ibn Ka'b b. Malik reported on the authority of his father that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to eat (food) with three fingers and he licked his hand before wiping it (with towel). (Using translation from Muslim 2032b)   

البيهقي:١٤٦١٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ نا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ نا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ نا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ح قَالَ وَأنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَا نا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أنا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ؓ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْكُلُ بِثَلَاثِ أَصَابِعَ وَيَلْعَقُ يَدَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمْسَحَهَا  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَحْيَى