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رياض الصالحين

Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 749

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In-book entry
23

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

وعن جابر رضى الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أمر بلعق الأصابع والصحفة، وقال‏:‏ ‏

‏إنكم لا تدرون في أي طعامكم البركة‏

‏.‏‏‏((رواه مسلم))‏

Translation

English translation

Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded the licking of fingers and the gleaning of the dish, saying, "You do not know in which portion the blessing lies." [Muslim].

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This is Hadith 749 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 3, The Book About the Etiquette of Eating, as in-book entry 23 under the chapter “Excellence of Eating with Three Fingers and Licking Them.”

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