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Riyad as-Salihin 955رياض الصالحين 955
عن جابر رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : "لا تأكلوا بالشمال، فإن الشيطان يأكل ويشرب بشماله" ((رواه مسلم)).
Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: "Do not eat with your left hand, because Satan eats and drinks with his left hand.".
Grading
Sahih
- Al-Nawawi's citation: Al-Bukhari and Muslim
Chain of narrators
جابر بن عبد الله
Jabir