Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 3847
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلاَ يَمْسَحَنَّ يَدَهُ بِالْمِنْدِيلِ حَتَّى يَلْعَقَهَا أَوْ يُلْعِقَهَا " .
Translation
Musaddad narrated to us: Yahya narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, from ʿAtaʾ, from Ibn ʿAbbas, who said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When one of you eats, let him not wipe his hand with a napkin until he has licked it or had someone lick it for him.”