رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 748
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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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Original Arabic
وعن كعب بن مالك رضى الله عنه قال: رأيت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يأكل بثلاث أصابع ، فإذا فرغ لعقها.((رواه مسلم))
Translation
English translation
Ka'b bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
I saw Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) eating with three fingers (i.e., the thumb, the index finger and the middle finger) and licking them after having finished the food. [Muslim].
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This is Hadith 748 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 3, The Book About the Etiquette of Eating, as in-book entry 22 under the chapter “Excellence of Eating with Three Fingers and Licking Them.”
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