سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الأطعمةFoods (Kitab Al-Atimah)
باب فِي اللُّقْمَةِ تَسْقُطُChapter: If a morsel of food falls down.
Hadith 3845
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيل ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ " إِذَا أَكَلَ طَعَامًا لَعِقَ أَصَابِعَهُ الثَّلَاثَ ، وَقَالَ : إِذَا سَقَطَتْ لُقْمَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيُمِطْ عَنْهَا الْأَذَى وَلْيَأْكُلْهَا وَلَا يَدَعْهَا لِلشَّيْطَانِ ، وَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَسْلُتَ الصَّحْفَةَ ، وَقَالَ : إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَا يَدْرِي فِي أَيِّ طَعَامِهِ يُبَارَكُ لَهُ " .
Anas bin Malik said that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ate food, he licked his three fingers. And he said: If the morsel of one of you falls down, he should wipe away anything injurious on it and eat it and not leave it for the devil. And he ordered us to clean the dish, for one of you does not leave it for the devil. And he ordered us to clean the dish, for one of you does not know in what part of his food the blessing lies.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
➊
According to this hadith and the following two ahadith, licking one’s fingers after eating or having them licked is Sunnah.
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If a morsel falls, it should be picked up, cleaned, and eaten.
➌
Wasting edible food is equivalent to giving it to Shaytan.
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One should take only as much food on one’s plate as is needed, and then at the end, the utensil should be thoroughly cleaned.
This is not something blameworthy; rather, it is exactly in accordance with the Sunnah.
And in this is also a remedy for pride and arrogance.
In this way, it is also not permissible to waste pieces of bread.
It is unknown in which part the blessing may be.
➊
According to this hadith and the following two ahadith, licking one’s fingers after eating or having them licked is Sunnah.
➋
If a morsel falls, it should be picked up, cleaned, and eaten.
➌
Wasting edible food is equivalent to giving it to Shaytan.
➍
One should take only as much food on one’s plate as is needed, and then at the end, the utensil should be thoroughly cleaned.
This is not something blameworthy; rather, it is exactly in accordance with the Sunnah.
And in this is also a remedy for pride and arrogance.
In this way, it is also not permissible to waste pieces of bread.
It is unknown in which part the blessing may be.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3845
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
The three fingers that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used for eating are: the thumb, the index finger, and the middle finger.
1:
The three fingers that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used for eating are: the thumb, the index finger, and the middle finger.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 1803
