Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 3772
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ طَعَامًا فَلاَ يَأْكُلْ مِنْ أَعْلَى الصَّحْفَةِ وَلَكِنْ لِيَأْكُلْ مِنْ أَسْفَلِهَا فَإِنَّ الْبَرَكَةَ تَنْزِلُ مِنْ أَعْلاَهَا " .
Translation
Muslim ibn Ibrahim narrated to us: Shuʿbah narrated to us, from ʿAtaʾ ibn al-Saʾib, from Saʿid ibn Jubayr, from Ibn ʿAbbas, from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: “When one of you eats from a dish, let him not eat from its upper part; rather, let him eat from its lower part, for blessing descends from its upper part.”