صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الأشربة
The Book of Drinks
باب آدَابِ الطَّعَامِ وَالشَّرَابِ وَأَحْكَامِهِمَا:
Chapter: The etiquette of eating and drinking, and rulings thereon
Hadith 2021
This hadith is listed as number 5268 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي إِيَاسُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ ، أَنَّ أَبَاهُ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَكَلَ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِشِمَالِهِ ، فَقَالَ : " كُلْ بِيَمِينِكَ " ، قَالَ : لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ ، قَالَ : " لَا اسْتَطَعْتَ مَا مَنَعَهُ إِلَّا الْكِبْرُ " ، قَالَ : فَمَا رَفَعَهَا إِلَى فِيهِ .
Salama bin Akwa' reported on the authority of his father that a person ate in the presence of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) with his left hand, whereupon he said: Eat with your right hand. He said: I cannot do that, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: May you not be able to do that. It was vanity that prevented him from doing it, and he could not raise it (the right hand) up to his mouth.
