Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
When any one of you intends to eat (meal), he should eat with his right hand. and when he (intends) to drink he should drink with his right hand, for the Satan eats with his left hand and drinks with his left hand.
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَابْنُ، أَبِي عُمَرَ - وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ نُمَيْرٍ - قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ، اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ جَدِّهِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَأْكُلْ بِيَمِينِهِ وَإِذَا شَرِبَ فَلْيَشْرَبْ بِيَمِينِهِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ وَيَشْرَبُ بِشِمَالِهِ
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Isnad
7 transmitters- 1Abu Bakr bin Abi ShaybaKufa · d. ~235 AH
- 2Muhammad bin 'Abdullah bin NumayrHamadan,al-Kufa · d. 234 AH
- 3Zuhayr bin HarbNisa'/Baghdad · d. 234 AH/848 CE
- 4Muhammad bin Yahya bin Abi 'Umar'Aden,Makkah · d. 243 AH
- 5Sufyan bin 'UyaynahKufa/Makkah · d. 196 AH
- 6al-ZuhriMedinah/Syria · d. 124 AH/741 CE
- 7ibn UmarMakkah/Medina · d. 74 AH/693 CE
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 36, Hadith 139
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 23, Hadith 5008 (deprecated numbering scheme)