Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: When any one of you intends to eat (meal), he should eat with his right hand. and when he (intends) to drink he should drink with his right hand, for the Satan eats with his left hand and drinks with his left hand.
Read More..This hadith is reported by Zuhri on the authority of Sufyan with a different chain of transmitters.
Read More..Salim, on the authority of his father, reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: None of you should eat with his left hand and drink with that (left hand), for the Satan eats with left hand and drinks with that (hand). Nafi' has made this addition in that: Do not take up anything with that (left hand) and do not give anything with that ; and in the narration transmitted on the authority of Abu Tahir there is a slight variation of wording.
Read More..Salama b. Akwa' reported on the authority of his father that a person ate in the presence of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) 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.
Read More..Umar b. Abu Salama reported: I was under the care of Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon him), and as my hand used to roam about in the dish he said to me: Boy, mention the name of Allah, and eat with your right hand and eat from what is near to you.
Read More..Umar b. Abu Salama reported: I (had the opportunity) one day to dine with Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), and I picked up flesh from around the dish. Thereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Eat from that which is near to you.
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