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هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ كَعْبٍ

tabarani:16299Abū Ḥuṣayn al-Qāḍī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Abū Shurayḥ > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > Ibn Kaʿb > Kaʿb

[Machine] "He saw the Prophet ﷺ eating with three fingers, then I saw him licking his three fingers when he wanted to wipe them."  

الطبراني:١٦٢٩٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حُصَيْنٍ الْقَاضِي ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى أَبِي شُرَيْحٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنْ كَعْبٍ

«أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَأْكُلُ بِثَلَاثِ أَصَابِعَ ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُهُ لَعِقَ أَصَابِعَهُ الثَّلَاثَ حِينَ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَمْسَحَهَا»