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رياض الصالحين

Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 747

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In-book entry
21

Chapter 10

Chapter context: Excellence of Eating with Three Fingers and Licking Them

- باب استحباب الأكل بثلاث أصابع واستحباب لعق الأصابع، وكراهة مسحها قبل لعقها واستحباب لعق القصعة وأخذ اللقمة التي تسقط منه وأكلها ومسحها بعد اللعق بالساعد والقدم وغيرها

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Hadith text

Original Arabic

عن ابن عباس رضى الله عنهما قال‏:‏ قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم‏:‏ ‏

‏إذا أكل أحدكم طعاماً، فلا يمسح أصابعه حتى يلعقها أو يلعقها‏

‏‏.‏ ‏((متفق عليه))

Translation

English translation

Ibn 'Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "When one of you finishes eating, he should not wipe his fingers until he has licked them himself or has given them to someone else to lick for him." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

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This is Hadith 747 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 3, The Book About the Etiquette of Eating, as in-book entry 21 under the chapter “Excellence of Eating with Three Fingers and Licking Them.”

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