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السيوطي:١٨١٠٨a –

"لِيَأكُلْ أَحدُكُم بيَمِينِه ويَشْرَبْ بِيَمِينهِ، وَلْيَأخُذْ بِيَمِينِهِ، وَلْيَعْطِ بِيَمِينِهِ، فَإِنَّ الشَّيطَانَ يأكُلُ بِشِمَالِه، ويَشْرَبُ بِشِمَالِه وَيُعْطِى بِشِمَالِهِ، ويأخُذُ بِشِمَالِهِ، ويأخُذُ بِشِمَالِهِ".  

[هـ] ابن ماجة عن أَبي هريرة

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Collected by Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Mālik, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī
tirmidhi:1800 – ʿAbdullāh 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:١٨٠٠ – حَدَّثَنَا 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:3266 – Hishām 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:٣٢٦٦ – حَدَّثَنَا 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:49-6 – Mālik > 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:٤٩-٦ – وَحَدَّثَنِي 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:6332 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar And ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Sālim > 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:٦٣٣٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ وَعَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَأْكُلْ بِيَمِينِهِ وَإِذَا شَرِبَ فَلْيَشْرَبْ بِيَمِينِهِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُبِشِمَالِهِ وَيَشْرَبُ بِشِمَالِهِ  

ahmad:5514 – Muḥammad 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:٥٥١٤ – حَدَّثَنَا 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:4886 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Bakr b. ʿUbaydullāh > 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:٤٨٨٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَأْكُلْ بِيَمِينِهِ وَإِذَا شَرِبَ فَلْيَشْرَبْ بِيَمِينِهِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ وَيَشْرَبُ بِشِمَالِهِ  

ahmad:8306 – Rawḥ > 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:٨٣٠٦ – حَدَّثَنَا 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:8590 – ʿAbdullāh 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:٨٥٩٠ – حَدَّثَنَا 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  

ahmad:19420 – Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Ṭalḥah

[Machine] The Prophet (PBUH) said: "When one of you eats, he should not eat with his left hand. When one of you drinks, he should not drink with his left hand. When one of you takes something, he should not take it with his left hand. And when one of you gives, he should not give with his left hand."  

أحمد:١٩٤٢٠ – قَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَأْكُلْ بِشِمَالِهِ وَإِذَا شَرِبَ فَلَا يَشْرَبْ بِشِمَالِهِ وَإِذَا أَخَذَ فَلَا يَأْخُذْ بِشِمَالِهِ وَإِذَا أَعْطَى فَلَا يُعْطِي بِشِمَالِهِ  

ahmad:22656 – Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Ṭalḥah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "When one of you eats, he should not eat with his left hand. And when one of you drinks, he should not drink with his left hand. And when one of you takes, he should not take with his left hand. And when one of you gives, he should not give with his left hand."  

أحمد:٢٢٦٥٦ – قَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ وَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَأْكُلْ بِشِمَالِهِ وَإِذَا شَرِبَ فَلَا يَشْرَبْ بِشِمَالِهِ وَإِذَا أَخَذَ فَلَا يَأْخُذْ بِشِمَالِهِ وَإِذَا أَعْطَى فَلَا يُعْطِي بِشِمَالِهِ  

darimi:2073 – Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥanafī > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Bakr b. ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > ʿAbdullāh b. 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)  

الدارمي:٢٠٧٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحَنَفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ 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»  

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِمُخَالَفَةِ الشَّيْطَانِ فِي الْأَكْلِ وَالشُّرْبِ

ibnhibban:5226 – Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Qutaybah > Ibn Abū al-Sarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Sālim from his father

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)  

ابن حبّان:٥٢٢٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي السَّرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَأْكُلْ بِيَمِينِهِ وَإِذَا شَرِبَ فَلْيَشْرَبْ بِيَمِينِهِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ وَيَشْرَبُ بِشِمَالِهِ»  

suyuti:1367a –

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)   

السيوطي:١٣٦٧a –

"إذا أكلَ أحدكم فلْيأكل بيمينه -وإِذا شَرِب فلْيشربْ بيمينه- ولْيأخذْ بيمينه- ولْيُعْطِ بيمينه فإن الشيطانَ يأكلُ بِشِمالِه ويشرَبُ بِشِمالِه ويُعطى بِشِماله ويأخُذُ بِشِماله" .  

الحسن بن سفيان، وابن النجار، ابن عساكر عن أبي هريرة
suyuti:1369a –
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السيوطي:١٣٦٩a –

"إِذا أكلَ أحدُكم فَلَا يأكل بِشماله- وإِذا شربِ فَلَا يشربْ بِشمالهِ وإِذا أخذَ فلا يأخْذ بِشمالهِ وإذا أَعطى فلا يعطِ بِشماله".  

[حب] ابن حبّان عن أبي قتادة
suyuti:1052a –

“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.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3266)   

السيوطي:١٠٥٢a –

"إذا أخذَ أحدُكم فليأخذْ بيمينه، وإذَا أعطى فَليُعطْ بيمينه، وإذا اكلَ فليأكلْ بيمينه، وإذا شرب فليشرب بيمينه، فإن الشيطانَ يأخذ بشِماله، ويُعطى بشماله، ويأكل بشماله، وبشربُ بِشِماله".  

[طس] الطبرانى في الأوسط عن أبى هريرة