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nasai-kubra:6864Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq > Abū al-Jawwāb > Sufyān > ʿUmar b. Muḥammad > al-Qāsim > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited a man from eating or drinking with his left hand, for indeed the devil eats and drinks with his left hand.  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٨٦٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْجَوَّابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ الرَّجُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ أَوْ يَشْرَبَ بِشِمَالِهِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ وَيُشْرَبُ بِشِمَالِهِ»  


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Collected by Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Mālik, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
muslim:2020aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr Wazuhayr b. Ḥarb And Ibn Abū ʿUmar Wa-al-Lafẓ Ibn Numayr > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Abū Bakr b. ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar from his grandfather Ibn ʿUmar

When any one of you intends to eat (meal), he should eat with his right hand. and when he (intends) to drink he should drink with his right hand, for the Satan eats with his left hand and drinks with his left hand.  

مسلم:٢٠٢٠aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ نُمَيْرٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ جَدِّهِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَأْكُلْ بِيَمِينِهِ وَإِذَا شَرِبَ فَلْيَشْرَبْ بِيَمِينِهِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ وَيَشْرَبُ بِشِمَالِهِ  

abudawud:3776Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Abū Bakr b. ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar from his grandfather Ibn ʿUmar

When any of you eats, he should eat with his right hand, and when he drinks, he should drink with his right hand, for the devil eats with his left hand and drinks with his left hand.  

أبو داود:٣٧٧٦حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ جَدِّهِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَأْكُلْ بِيَمِينِهِ وَإِذَا شَرِبَ فَلْيَشْرَبْ بِيَمِينِهِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ وَيَشْرَبُ بِشِمَالِهِ  

tirmidhi:1800ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Jaʿfar b. ʿAwn > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Sālim from his father

From Salim, from his father, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When one of you eats, then let him eat with his right hand, and let him drink with his right hand, for indeed Ash-Shaitan eats with his left hand, and he drinks with his left hand."  

الترمذي:١٨٠٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَأْكُلْ بِيَمِينِهِ وَلْيَشْرَبْ بِيَمِينِهِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ وَيَشْرَبُ بِشِمَالِهِ  

ibnmajah:3266Hishām b. ʿAmmār > al-Hiql b. Ziyād > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

“Let one of you eat with his right hand and drink with his right hand, and take with his right hand and give with his right hand, for Satan eats with his left hand, drinks with his left hand, gives with his left hand and takes with his left hand.”  

ابن ماجة:٣٢٦٦حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْهِقْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِيَأْكُلْ أَحَدُكُمْ بِيَمِينِهِ وَلْيَشْرَبْ بِيَمِينِهِ وَلْيَأْخُذْ بِيَمِينِهِ وَلْيُعْطِ بِيَمِينِهِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ وَيَشْرَبُ بِشِمَالِهِ وَيُعْطِي بِشِمَالِهِ وَيَأْخُذُ بِشِمَالِهِ  

malik:49-6Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Bakr b. ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Abu Bakr ibn Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn Umar from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When you eat, eat with your right hand and drink with your right hand. Shaytan eats with his left hand and drinks with his left hand."  

مالك:٤٩-٦وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَأْكُلْ بِيَمِينِهِ وَلْيَشْرَبْ بِيَمِينِهِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ وَيَشْرَبُ بِشِمَالِهِ  

ahmad:13097Yazīd b. Hārūn And Rawḥ > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Rawḥ > ʿUbaydullāh b. Dihqān > Yazīd > ʿUbaydullāh b. Dihqān > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Prophet of Allah ﷺ forbade a man from eating or drinking with his left hand. Ru'oh narrated this in his Hadith.  

أحمد:١٣٠٩٧حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ وَرَوْحٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ قَالَ رَوْحٌ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِهْقَانَ وَقَالَ يَزِيدُ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِهْقَانَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ الرَّجُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ أَوْ يَشْرَبَ بِشِمَالِهِ قَالَ رَوْحٌ فِي حَدِيثِهِ وَيَشْرَبَ بِشِمَالِهِ  

ahmad:15153Ḥasan > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade a person from eating with his left hand, for indeed Satan eats with his left hand.  

أحمد:١٥١٥٣حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ الرَّجُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ  

ahmad:6184Yaʿqūb > ʿĀṣim b. Muḥammad > Akhīh ʿUmar b. Muḥammad > al-Qāsim b. ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > Sālim > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should eat with his left hand or drink with it, for the Satan eats with his left hand and drinks with it."  

أحمد:٦١٨٤حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ عُمَرَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ سَمِعْتُ سَالِمًا يَقُولُ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَأْكُلَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ بِشِمَالِهِ وَلَا يَشْرَبَنَّ بِهَا فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ وَيَشْرَبُ بِهَا  

ahmad:5847Wakīʿ > al-ʿUmarī > al-Zuhrī > Abū Bakr b. ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbd al-Illah b. ʿUmar > Ibn ʿUmar

When any one of you intends to eat (meal), he should eat with his right hand. and when he (intends) to drink he should drink with his right hand, for the Satan eats with his left hand and drinks with his left hand. (Using translation from Muslim 2020a)   

أحمد:٥٨٤٧حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْعُمَرِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الِلَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَوْ شَرِبَ فَلَا يَأْكُلْ بِشِمَالِهِ وَلَا يَشْرَبْ بِشِمَالِهِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُ وَيَشْرَبُ بِشِمَالِهِ  

ahmad:5514Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

From Salim, from his father, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When one of you eats, then let him eat with his right hand, and let him drink with his right hand, for indeed Ash-Shaitan eats with his left hand, and he drinks with his left hand." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1800)   

أحمد:٥٥١٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَأْكُلْ أَحَدُكُمْ بِشِمَالِهِ وَلَا يَشْرَبْ بِشِمَالِهِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ وَيَشْرَبُ بِشِمَالِهِ  

ahmad:8306Rawḥ > Ibn Jurayj > al-Nuʿmān b. Rāshid > Ibn Shihāb > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

When any of you eats, he should eat with his right hand, and when he drinks, he should drink with his right hand, for the devil eats with his left hand and drinks with his left hand. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3776)   

أحمد:٨٣٠٦حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي النُعْمَانُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍ أَنَّ ابْنَ شِهَابٍ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَأْكُلْ بِيَمِينِهِ وَيَشْرَبْ بِيَمِينِهِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ وَيَشْرَبُ بِشِمَالِهِ  

ahmad:8590ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith > Ibn Jurayj > Nuʿmān / Ibn Rāshid al-Jazarī > Ibn Shihāb > Ibn al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

When any of you eats, he should eat with his right hand, and when he drinks, he should drink with his right hand, for the devil eats with his left hand and drinks with his left hand. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3776)  

أحمد:٨٥٩٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي نُعْمَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ رَاشِدٍ الْجَزَرِيَّ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَأْكُلْ بِيَمِينِهِ وَلْيَشْرَبْ بِيَمِينِهِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ وَيَشْرَبُ بِشِمَالِهِ  

nasai-kubra:6865ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd from my uncle > ʿĀṣim / Ibn Muḥammad > al-Qāsim b. ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > Sālim > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should eat with his left hand, nor drink with it, for indeed the Shaytan eats and drinks with his left hand."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٨٦٥أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَمِّي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَالِمًا يَقُولُ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يَأْكُلَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ بِشِمَالِهِ وَلَا يَشْرَبَنَّ بِهَا فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ وَيَشْرَبُ بِشِمَالِهِ»  

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السيوطي:٢٤٤٩٢a

"لا تَأكُلُوا بِشِمَالِكُمْ، وَلا تَشْرَبُوا بِشِمَالِكُمْ، فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ (ويشرب بشماله) ".  

الخليلى في مشيخته عن ابن عمر
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السيوطي:٢٥٧٧٩a

"لا يَأْكُلَنَّ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ بشمَالِهِ وَلا يَشْرَبَنَّ بِهَا، فَإِنَّ الشَّيطَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ وَيَشْرَبُ بِهَا".  

[م] مسلم [ت] الترمذي عن ابن عمر، [ع] أبو يعلى وابن جرير عن عمر