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ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْمَرْءِ لَعْقُ الْأُصْبُعِ عِنْدَ الْأَكْلِ ضِدَّ قَوْلِ مَنْ كَرِهَهُ تَقْذِرَةً

ibnhibban:5252ʿImrān b. Mūsá b. Mujāshiʿ > Hudbah b. Khālid > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to eat, he would lick his three fingers."  

ابن حبّان:٥٢٥٢أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ مُجَاشِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَكَلَ لَعِقَ أَصَابِعَهُ الثَّلَاثَ»  


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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  

ahmad:15767ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Saʿd > Ibn Lkaʿb b. Mālikʿan Abīh

[Machine] "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ licking his three fingers after eating."  

أحمد:١٥٧٦٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ سَعْدِ عَنْ ابْنٍ لكَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍعَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَلْعَقُ أَصَابِعَهُ الثَّلَاثَ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ  

ahmad:27169Ibn Numayr > Hishām > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Saʿd > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Kaʿb b. Mālik or ʿAbdullāh b. Kaʿb b. Mālik > 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. (Using translation from Muslim 2032c)  

أحمد:٢٧١٦٩حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَوْ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ كَعْبٍ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُمْ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِثَلَاثِ أَصَابِعَ فَإِذَا فَرَغَ لَعِقَهَا  

hakim:7121ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥusayn al-Qāḍī Bimarw > al-Ḥārith b. Abū Usāmah > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿAbdullāh b. Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

[Machine] "That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to lick his three fingers after eating."  

الحاكم:٧١٢١أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْقَاضِي بِمَرْوَ ثَنَا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ ثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أنبأ حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَكَلَ لَعِقَ أَصَابِعَهُ الثَّلَاثَ»  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» صحيح

ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَكُونَ أَكْلُهُ بِأَصَابِعِهِ الثَّلَاثِ

ibnhibban:5251Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbbād Bi-al-Baṣrah > Ziyād b. Yaḥyá al-Ḥassānay > Mālik b. Suʿayr > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Saʿd > Ibn Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

[Machine] The translation of the provided Arabic phrase into English is as follows: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to eat with three fingers and then lick them."  

ابن حبّان:٥٢٥١أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبَّادٍ بِالْبَصْرَةِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْحَسَّانَيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ سُعَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَأْكُلُ بِثَلَاثِ أَصَابِعَ ثُمَّ يَلْعَقُهُنَّ»  

tabarani:16306ʿAbdān b. Aḥmad > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Saʿd > ʿAbdullāh b. Kaʿb > 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. (Using translation from Muslim 2032c)  

الطبراني:١٦٣٠٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ كَعْبٍ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ كَعْبٍ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُمْ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِثَلَاثِ أَصَابِعَ فَإِذَا فَرَغَ لَعِقَهَا»