Hadith #566
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَكَلَ طَعَامًا فَلَعِقَ أَصَابِعَهُ
English Translation
Wakīʿ narrated to us, saying: Hishām ibn ʿUrwah narrated to us, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Saʿd, from Ibn Kaʿb ibn Mālik al-Anṣārī, from his father [Kaʿb ibn Mālik] (رضي الله عنه). And Ibn Numayr, from Hishām, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Saʿd, from Ibn Kaʿb ibn Mālik, from his father who said: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ used to eat with three fingers and lick his fingers before wiping them.
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 30, Hadith 566
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 15204
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-51594