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Musnad Ahmad 21604

Not graded Musnad Ahmad 21604

Narrator:عبد الله بن زيد الأنصاري

قَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ وَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَأْكُلْ بِشِمَالِهِ وَإِذَا شَرِبَ فَلَا يَشْرَبْ بِشِمَالِهِ وَإِذَا أَخَذَ فَلَا يَأْخُذْ بِشِمَالِهِ وَإِذَا أَعْطَى فَلَا يُعْطِي بِشِمَالِهِ

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Reported by Ahmad (No. 21604, 18605).

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Authentic Sunan Ibn Majah 3266

“Let one of you eat with his right hand and drink with his right hand, and take with his right hand and give with his right hand, for Satan eats with his left hand, drinks with his left hand, gives with his left hand and takes with his left hand.”

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