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Jami at-Tirmidhi — Hadith 1803

حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْخَلَّالُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " كَانَ إِذَا أَكَلَ طَعَامًا لَعِقَ أَصَابِعَهُ الثَّلَاثَ " ، وَقَالَ : " إِذَا مَا وَقَعَتْ لُقْمَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيُمِطْ عَنْهَا الْأَذَى وَلْيَأْكُلْهَا وَلَا يَدَعْهَا لِلشَّيْطَانِ " ، وَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَسْلِتَ الصَّحْفَةَ ، وَقَالَ : &qquot; إِنَّكُمْ لَا تَدْرُونَ فِي أَيِّ طَعَامِكُمُ الْبَرَكَةُ " ، قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) ate food, he would lick his three fingers. He said: "When any of you drops a morsel, he should remove the dirt from it and eat it, and not leave it for Satan." He instructed us to lick the plate and said: "You do not know in which part of your food the blessing lies." __REF_N__ Imam Tirmidhi says:
This hadith is hasan ghareeb sahih.
Hadith Reference سنن ترمذي / كتاب الأطعمة عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم / 1803
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Hadith Takhrij «صحیح مسلم/الأشربة 18 (2034) ، سنن ابی داود/ الأطعمة 50 (3845) ، ( تحفة الأشراف : 1803) ، و مسند احمد (3/117، 290) ، سنن الدارمی/1 الأطعمة 8 (2071) (صحیح)»
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Brief Explanation
1؎: The three fingers which the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam used for eating are: the thumb, the index finger, and the middle finger.
Explanation & Benefits
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.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 1803
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
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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.

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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.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3845