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Sahih Muslim 2034

When the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) ate food he licked his three fingers, and he said: When any one of you drops a mouthful he should remove anything filthy from it and then eat…

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وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ نَافِعٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِذَا أَكَلَ طَعَامًا لَعِقَ أَصَابِعَهُ الثَّلَاثَ. قَالَ وَقَالَ: «إِذَا سَقَطَتْ لُقْمَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيُمِطْ عَنْهَا الأَذَى وَلْيَأْكُلْهَا وَلَا يَدَعْهَا لِلشَّيْطَانِ». وَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَسْلُتَ الْقَصْعَةَ قَالَ: «فَإِنَّكُمْ لَا تَدْرُونَ فِي أَىِّ طَعَامِكُمُ الْبَرَكَةُ»

When the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) ate food he licked his three fingers, and he said: When any one of you drops a mouthful he should remove anything filthy from it and then eat it, and should not leave it for the Satan. He also commanded us that we should wipe the dish saying: You do not know in what portion of your food the blessing lies.

যুহায়র ইবনু হারব (রহঃ) ..... আবূ হুরায়রাহ (রাযিঃ) থেকে বর্ণিত। নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম জুমুআর দিন ফজরের সালাতে "আলিফ লা~ম মী~ম তানীল" ও "হাল আতা-" সূরাদ্বয় পাঠ করতেন। (ইসলামী ফাউন্ডেশন ১৯০৪, ইসলামীক সেন্টার)

سفیان نے سعد بن ابراہیم سے ، انہوں نے عبدالرحمان اعرج سے ، انھوں نے ابوہریرۃ رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ سے اور انھوں نے نبی اکرم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم سے روایت کی کہ آپ جمعے کے دن فجر کی نماز میں الم ﴿﴾ تَنزِيلُ الْكِتَابِ اور هَلْ أَتَىٰ عَلَى الْإِنسَانِ پڑھتے تھے ۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Zuhair bin Harb] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Waki'] dari [Sufyan] dari [Sa'd bin Ibrahim] dari [Abdurrahman bin Al A'raj] dari [Abu Hurairah] dari Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam, bahwa biasanya Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam dalam shalat Shubuh pada hari Jum'at, beliau membaca: "ALIF LAAM MIIM TANZIIL" (surat As Sajadah) dan, "HAL ATAA" (surat Al Insan)

Bana Züheyr b. Harb rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bize Vekî', Süfyân'dan, o da Sa'd b. İbrahim'den, o da Abdurrahmân EI-A'rac'dan, o da Ebû Hureyre'den, o da Nebi (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem)'den naklen rivayet etti ki, Resûlullah (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem) Efendimiz cum'a günü sabah namazında Secde ile Hel'etâ sûrelerini okurmuş

Sahih Muslim 2034, Book 36, The Book of Drinks, Hadith 180. 1 min read

What it means

In the Hadīth there is a warning against the devil, and an alerting note about his permanent accompaniment of man in all of his affairs. Hence, one must guard himself against the devil, and not be fooled by that which he beautifies for him. There is a blessing in the food that man prepares, and he knows not whether this blessing is in the food he has already eaten, or in that left on his fingers, or in what is left in his dish, or in the morsel that fell.

So one must preserve all of that in order to attain the blessing. "Blessing" originally refers to increase, continuity of goodness and benefiting therefrom. What is meant by “blessing” in this context is the achievement of nourishment, safety from harm, and strength in obeying Allah, the Exalted. A point of benefit that doctors mentioned in this regard is that while eating, the fingers tips release what aids in the digestion of food.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Muhammad ibn HatimTold me, Fourth generation, died 235 AH
  3. 3Muhammad ibn AhmadWith, Fourth generation, died 240 AH
  4. 4Bahz ibn AsadTold us, Fourth generation, died 197 AH
  5. 5Hammad ibn SalamahTold us, Third generation, died 167 AH
  6. 6Thabit al-BunaniTold us, Successor, died 122 AH
  7. 7Anas ibn MalikFrom, Companion, died 90 AH

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