Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1801
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّوَارِبِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ الْمُخْتَارِ، عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَلْعَقْ أَصَابِعَهُ فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَدْرِي فِي أَيَّتِهِنَّ الْبَرَكَةُ " . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ . وَكَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ وَأَنَسٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ سُهَيْلٍ . وَسَأَلْتُ مُحَمَّدًا عَنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فَقَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ مِنَ الْمُخْتَلِفِ لاَ يُعْرَفُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِهِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Abi al-Shawarib narrated to us: ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn al-Mukhtar narrated to us, from Suhayl ibn Abi Salih, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘When one of you eats, let him lick his fingers, for he does not know in which of them the blessing lies.’ Reports on this topic also come from Jabir, Ka‘b ibn Malik, and Anas. Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is hasan gharīb (good, though rare); we know it only by this route, through the report of Suhayl. I asked Muhammad about this hadith, and he said: ‘This is among the reports of ‘Abd al-‘Aziz that are little known; it is known only through his report.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The phrase about ‘Abd al-‘Aziz describes the report as belonging to a little-known or disputed set of transmissions; the English witness paraphrases it as ‘diverse narrations.’
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّوَارِبِ،
The English witness omits the chain from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Malik through Suhayl and his father.
Should the witness include the complete chain?