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nasai-kubra:6716Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

“Do not eat with your left hand, for Satan eats with his left hand.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3268)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٧١٦أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا تَأْكُلُوا بِالشِّمَالِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِالشِّمَالِ»  


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muslim:2019[Chain 1] Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Layth [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. Rumḥ > al-Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

Do not eat with your left hand, for the Satan eats with his left hand.  

مسلم:٢٠١٩حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ تَأْكُلُوا بِالشِّمَالِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِالشِّمَالِ  

ibnmajah:3268Muḥammad b. Rumḥ > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

“Do not eat with your left hand, for Satan eats with his left hand.”  

ابن ماجة:٣٢٦٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ تَأْكُلُوا بِالشِّمَالِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِالشِّمَالِ  

ahmad:14587Yūnus b. Muḥammad And Ḥujayn > Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

“Do not eat with your left hand, for Satan eats with his left hand.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3268)  

أحمد:١٤٥٨٧حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَحُجَيْنٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تَأْكُلُوا بِالشِّمَالِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِالشِّمَالِ