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
Riyad as-Saliheen, Book of Etiquette of Eating(view book)
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].
عن ابن عباس رضى الله عنهما قال: قال رسول الله ﷺ: "إذا أكل أحدكم طعاماً، فلا يمسح أصابعه حتى يلعقها أو يلعقها". .
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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].
وعن كعب بن مالك رضى الله عنه قال: رأيت رسول الله ﷺ يأكل بثلاث أصابع ، فإذا فرغ لعقها.
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Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
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].
وعن جابر رضى الله عنه أن رسول الله ﷺ أمر بلعق الأصابع والصحفة، وقال: "إنكم لا تدرون في أي طعامكم البركة" .
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Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When a morsel of any of you falls, he should pick it up and remove any of the dirt on it and then eat it, and should not leave it for Satan nor should wipe his hand with towel until he has licked his fingers, for he does not know in what portion of the food the blessing lies."
[Muslim].
وعنه أن رسول الله ﷺ قال: "إذا وقعت لقمة أحدكم، فليأخذها فليمط ما كان بها من أذى وليأكلها، ولا يدعها للشيطان، ولا يمسح يده بالمنديل حتى يلعق أصابعه؛ فإنه لا يدرى في أي طعامه البركة" .
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Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Satan appears at every thing done by you; he appears even at one's dinner. When a morsel of any of you falls, he should pick it up and remove any dirt on it, and then eat it. He should not leave it for Satan, nor should he wipe his hand with the towel until he has licked his fingers, for he does not know in what portion of the food the blessing lies."
[Muslim].
وعنه أن رسول الله ﷺ قال: "إن الشيطان يحضر أحدكم عند كل شئ من شأنه، حتى يحضره عند طعامه؛ فإذا سقطت لقمة أحدكم فليأخذها فليمط ما كان بها من أذى، ثم ليأكلها ولا يدعها للشيطان، فإذا فرغ فليلعق أصابعه؛ فإنه لا يدرى في أي طعامه البركة" .
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Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Whenever Messenger of Allah ﷺ ate food, he would lick his three fingers and say, "If anyone of you drops a morsel of food, he should remove any dirt that may have stuck on it and then eat it, and should not leave it for Satan." He ﷺ also commanded us that we should glean the pot, saying, "You do not know in which part of your food the blessings lies."
[Muslim].
وعن أنس رضى الله عنه قال: كان رسول الله ﷺ إذا أكل طعاماً، لعق أصابعه الثلاث، وقال:"إذا سقطت لقمة أحدكم فليأخذها، وليمط عنها الأذى، وليأكلها،ولا يدعها للشيطان" وأمرنا أن نسلت القصعة وقال: "إنكم لا تدرون في أي طعامكم البركة" .
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Sa'id bin Al-Harith reported:
I asked Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) whether it was obligatory to make Wudu' for Salat (prayer) after eating cooked food. He said: "No, because in the lifetime of Messenger of Allah ﷺ, such food was rarely available. We had no handkerchiefs, so when we ate such food we would wipe our fingers against our palms, forearms or (the sole of our) feet, and would offer Salat without fresh Wudu' (for prayer)."
[Al-Bukhari].
وعن سعيد بن الحارث أنه سأل جابراً رضى الله عنه عن الوضوء مما مست النار، فقال: لا ، قد كنا زمن النبي ﷺ لا نجد مثل ذلك الطعام إلا قليلاً، فإذا نحن وجدناه، لم يكن لنا مناديل إلا أكفنا وسواعدنا وأقدامنا، ثم نصلى ولا نتوضأ. .