Hadith #204
Arabic Text
قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ ذَكْوَانَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْهُمْ قَالَتْ دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَنَا آكُلُ بِشِمَالِي وَكُن
ْتُ امْرَأَةً عَسْرَاءَ فَضَرَبَ يَدِي فَسَقَطَتْ اللُّقْمَةُ فَقَالَ لَا تَأْكُلِي بِشِمَالِكِ وَقَدْ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى لَكِ يَمِينًا أَوْ قَالَ قَدْ أَطْلَقَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَكِ يَمِينَكِ قَالَ فَتَحَوَّلَتْ شِمَالِي يَمِينًا فَمَا أَكَلْتُ بِهَا بَعْدُ
Isnad Chain
إسماعيل ي
ابن إبراهيم
حسين بن ذكوان
عبد الله بن محمد
امرأة منهم
English Translation
Ismāʿīl — meaning Ibn Ibrāhīm — narrated to us, he said: Ḥusayn ibn Dhakwān narrated to us, from Isḥāq ibn ʿAbdillāh ibn Abī Ṭalḥah, from ʿAbdullāh ibn Muḥammad, from a woman among them, she said: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ entered upon me while I was eating with my left hand — and I was a left-handed woman. He struck my hand and the morsel fell. He said: Do not eat with your left hand when Allāh تبارك وتعالى has given you a right hand — or he said: Allāh عز وجل has freed your right hand for you. She said: My left hand transformed into my right hand, and I never ate with it (the left) again.
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 32, Hadith 204
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16042
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-52432