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Licking the fingers and the dish after eating

muslim:2033a – Abū Bakr b. Abī Shaybah > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[AI] The Prophet ﷺ ordered that the fingers and the dish be licked, and said: "You do not know in which of them the blessing is."

مسلم:٢٠٣٣a – وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَمَرَ بِلَعْقِ الأَصَابِعِ وَالصَّحْفَةِ، وَقَالَ: «إِنَّكُمْ لَا تَدْرُونَ فِي أَيِّهِ الْبَرَكَةُ».

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ahmad:15224 – Ḥusayn > Sufyān > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ ordered to lick the fingers and the plate and said, "None of you knows in which of these blessings lies."

أحمد:١٥٢٢٤ – حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَمَرَ بِلَعْقِ الْأَصَابِعِ وَالصَّحْفَةِ وَقَالَ لَا يَدْرِي أَحَدُكُمْ فِي أَيِّ ذَلِكَ الْبَرَكَةَ