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168 – Ninth: On his authority it is related that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that one lick one’s fingers and one’s dish, saying, “You do not know in which of them the blessing lies.” Narrated by Muslim.

In another version in Muslim he said, “If a morsel of food drops from any of you, let him pick it up, wipe off(1) whatever dirt may be on it, and eat it; let him not leave it for Satan. Nor should he wipe his hand with a cloth until he has licked his fingers, for he does not know in which part of his food the blessing lies.”

A further wording in Muslim states, “Satan attends each of you in every affair of his—even when he eats. So if a morsel falls from any of you, let him remove whatever has adhered to it, then eat it and not leave it for Satan.”

169 – Tenth: Ibn ʿAbbās, may Allah be pleased with them both, reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood among us and delivered an exhortation, saying, “O people! You will be gathered before Allah Most High barefoot, naked and uncircumcised—

‘Just as We began the first creation, We shall bring it back again; that is a promise binding upon Us, and We shall certainly fulfill it’ (Q 21:104).

Know that the first of creation to be clothed on the Day of Resurrection will be Abraham, peace be upon him. Know also that men from my community will be brought forth and taken toward the left-hand side(2). I will say, ‘My Lord, my companions!’ but it will be said, ‘You do not know what they introduced after you.’ I shall then say what the righteous servant said:

‘I was a witness over them so long as I remained among them, but when You took me up You became the Watcher over them, and You are Witness over all things …’—to His words: ‘the Almighty, the All-Wise’ (Q 5:117)(3).

Then I will be told, ‘They continued to apostatize, turning back on their heels, from the moment you left them.’” Agreed upon.

“Uncircumcised” (ghurlan) means: not circumcised.

170 – Eleventh: Abū Saʿīd ʿAbdullāh ibn Mughafﬁl, may Allah be pleased with him, said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade …”

(1) i.e., remove.
(2) The left side, symbolizing the route toward punishment.
(3) Up to the phrase “the Almighty, the All-Wise.”

(1) That is: let him deflect it and move it aside. (2) Meaning: toward the direction of the Fire. (3) In the printed editions the text extends only up to the word “in them”; the remainder has been supplied from Zuhayr al-Shawish’s first manuscript.

١٦٨ - التَّاسِعُ : عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمَرَ بِلَعْقِ الْأَصَابِعِ وَالصَّحْفَةِ وَقَالَ : « إِنَّكُمْ لَا تَدْرُونَ فِي أَيِّهَا الْبَرَكَةُ » رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ . وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ لَهُ : « إِذَا وَقَعَتْ لُقْمَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَأْخُذْهَا فَلْيُمِطْ(١) مَا كَانَ بِهَا مِنْ أَذًى وَلْيَأْكُلْهَا وَلَا يَدَعْهَا لِلشَّيْطَانِ ، وَلَا يَمْسَحْ يَدَهُ بِالْمِنْدِيلِ حَتَّى يَلْعَقَ أَصَابِعَهُ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي فِي أَيِّ طَعَامِهِ الْبَرَكَةُ » . وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ لَهُ : « إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَحْضُرُ أَحَدَكُمْ عِنْدَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مِنْ شَأْنِهِ حَتَّى يَحْضُرَهُ عِنْدَ طَعَامِهِ فَإِذَا سَقَطَتْ مِنْ أَحَدِكُمُ اللُّقْمَةُ فَلْيُمِطْ مَا كَانَ بِهَا مِنْ أَذًى فَلْيَأْكُلْهَا وَلَا يَدَعْهَا لِلشَّيْطَانِ » . ١٦٩ - الْعَاشِرُ : عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ : قَامَ فِينَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِمَوْعِظَةٍ فَقَالَ : « يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّكُمْ مَحْشُورُونَ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى حُفَاةً عُرَاةً غُرْلًا ، ﴿ كَمَا بَدَأْنَا أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُعِيدُهُ وَعْدًا عَلَيْنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا فَاعِلِينَ ﴾ [ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ : ١٠٤ ] أَلَا وَإِنَّ أَوَّلَ الْخَلَائِقِ يُكْسَى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِبْرَاهِيمُ ﷺ ، أَلَا وَإِنَّهُ سَيُجَاءُ بِرِجَالٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِي فَيُؤْخَذُ بِهِمْ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ(٢) فَأَقُولُ : يَا رَبِّ أَصْحَابِي فَيُقَالُ : إِنَّكَ لَا تَدْرِي مَا أَحْدَثُوا بَعْدَكَ فَأَقُولُ كَمَا قَالَ الْعَبْدُ الصَّالِحُ : ﴿ وَكُنْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًا مَا دُمْتُ فِيهِمْ ﴾(٣) فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيْتَنِي كُنْتَ أَنْتَ الرَّقِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ ﴾ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ : ﴿ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ ﴾ [ الْمَائِدَةُ : ١١٧ ] فَيُقَالُ لِي : إِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَزَالُوا مُرْتَدِّينَ عَلَى أَعْقَابِهِمْ مُنْذُ فَارَقْتَهُمْ » مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ . « غُرْلًا » : أَيْ غَيْرَ مَخْتُونِينَ . ١٧٠ - الْحَادِي عَشَرَ : عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ : نَهَى

(١) أَيْ : لِيَنْحُ وَلْيُزِحْ . (٢) أَيْ جِهَةَ النَّارِ . (٣) وَقَدْ وَرَدَتْ فِي النُّسَخِ الْمَطْبُوعَةِ حَتَّى كَلِمَةِ ( فِيهِمْ ) وَالزِّيَادَةُ مِنْ مَخْطُوطَةِ زُهَيْرٍ الشَّاوِيشِ الْأُولَى .