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Sunan Abi Dawud
كتاب الأطعمة
Foods (Kitab Al-At'imah)
حَدَّثَنَا النُّفَيْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِثَلاَثِ أَصَابِعَ وَلاَ يَمْسَحُ يَدَهُ حَتَّى يَلْعَقَهَا .
The Prophet (ﷺ) used to eat with three fingers and not wipe his before licking it.
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- Hadith 3752
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- Hadith 3828
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- Hadith 3763
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- Hadith 3817
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- Hadith 3775
The tradition mentioned above has been transmitted by al-Zuhri from a different chain of narrators.