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.
When any one of you eats food he should lick his fingers, for he does not know in what part of the food sticking to his fingers the blessing lies.
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Hammad with the same chain of transmitters, but with a slight variation of wording.
Ibn Ka’b b. Malik reported on the authority of his father that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to eat (food) with three fingers and he licked his hand before wiping it (with towel).
‘Abdullah b. Ka’b reported that his father Ka’b narrated to him that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to eat with three fingers and when he had finished (eating), he licked them.
A hadith like this has been reported on the authority of Ka’b b. Malik through another chain of transmitters.
You do not know in what portion the blessing lies.”
When any one of you drops a mouthful he should pick it up and remove any of the filth on it, and then eat it, and should not leave it for the Satan, and should not wipe his hand with towel until he has licked his fingers, for he does not know in what portion […]
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sufyan with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
I heard Allah’s Apostle (ﷺ) as saying: The Satan is present with any one of you in everything he does; he is present even when he eats food; so if any one of you drops a mouthful he should remove away anything filthy on it and eat it and not leave for the devil; and […]