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tabarani:16307 – Abū Yazīd al-Qarāṭīsī > Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū al-Zinād > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Saʿd a freed slave of al-Aswad b. Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

[Machine] "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ eating food, then licked his three fingers with which he had eaten."  

الطبراني:١٦٣٠٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ مَوْلَى الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَكَلَ طَعَامًا ثُمَّ لَعِقَ أَصَابِعَهُ الثَّلَاثَ الَّتِي أَكَلَ بِهَا»  

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Collected by Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān
ahmad:15767 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Saʿd > Ibn Lkaʿb b. Mālikʿan Abīh

[Machine] "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ licking his three fingers after eating."  

أحمد:١٥٧٦٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ سَعْدِ عَنْ ابْنٍ لكَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍعَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَلْعَقُ أَصَابِعَهُ الثَّلَاثَ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ  

ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَكُونَ أَكْلُهُ بِأَصَابِعِهِ الثَّلَاثِ

ibnhibban:5251 – Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbbād Bi-al-Baṣrah > Ziyād b. Yaḥyá al-Ḥassānay > Mālik b. Suʿayr > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Saʿd > Ibn Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

[Machine] The translation of the provided Arabic phrase into English is as follows: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to eat with three fingers and then lick them."  

ابن حبّان:٥٢٥١ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبَّادٍ بِالْبَصْرَةِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْحَسَّانَيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ سُعَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَأْكُلُ بِثَلَاثِ أَصَابِعَ ثُمَّ يَلْعَقُهُنَّ»