Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 3848
Arabic hadith text
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 .
Translation
Al-Nufayli narrated to us: Abu Muʿawiyah narrated to us, from Hisham ibn ʿUrwah, from ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Saʿd, from Ibn Kaʿb ibn Malik, from his father, that the Prophet ﷺ used to eat with three fingers and would not wipe his hand until he had licked it.