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suyuti:25180a –
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السيوطي:٢٥١٨٠a –

" لا تَقْطَعُوا اللَّحمَ بالسِّكِّينِ، فَإنَّه من صَنِيِع الأعَاجِمِ، لَكن انْهَشُوه نَهْشًا؛ فَإِنَّه أهْنَأُ وَأمْرَأُ".

[د] أبو داود [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن عائشة

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abudawud:3778 – Saʿīd b. Manṣūr > Abū Maʿshar > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Do not eat meat with a knife, for it is a foreign practice, but bite it, for it is more beneficial and wholesome. Abu Dawud said: This tradition is not strong.

أبو داود:٣٧٧٨ – حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْشَرٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ تَقْطَعُوا اللَّحْمَ بِالسِّكِّينِ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ صَنِيعِ الأَعَاجِمِ وَانْهَسُوهُ فَإِنَّهُ أَهْنَأُ وَأَمْرَأُ

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ بِالْقَوِيِّ