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612 – Abu Rifāʿah Tamīm ibn Usayd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was delivering the sermon and said, “O Messenger of Allah, a stranger has come to ask about his religion; he does not know what it is.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned toward me, left his sermon, came down until he reached me, and a chair was brought for him. He sat on it and began teaching me from what Allah had taught him; then he returned to his sermon and completed the rest of it. Narrated by Muslim.

613 – Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that whenever the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ate food he would lick his three fingers (1). He said, “If one of you drops a morsel, let him remove any dirt from it and eat it, and do not leave it for Satan.” He also commanded that the dish be scraped clean, saying, “For you do not know in which part of your food the blessing lies.” Narrated by Muslim.

614 – Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said, “Allah has not sent a prophet except that he pastured sheep.” His companions asked, “Even you?” He replied, “Yes, I used to herd them for a few qirāṭs for the people of Mecca.” Narrated by al-Bukhārī (3).

615 – He also reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, “If I were invited to a meal of a hoof (4) or a shoulder I would accept, and if a shoulder or a hoof were gifted to me I would accept it.” Narrated by al-Bukhārī.

616 – Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The she-camel of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, al-ʿAḍbāʾ (5), would not

(1) They are: the thumb, the index finger, and the middle finger. Al-Khattabi notes: “Some people whose hearts have been corrupted by luxury shy away from licking them, claiming that it is distasteful—forgetting that the food clinging to the fingers is merely part of what they themselves have eaten. If they found none of it repugnant in the bowl, why find fault with drawing it off by the inner lip? No rational person doubts that there is no harm in doing so. A person may even put his finger in his mouth and rub it clean, and no one considers that objectionable.” (2) Meaning: he may slip. The phrase “and he ordered that the qaṣʿa be sulett” means that it be licked clean. (3) This is a repetition of hadith no. 605. (4) It refers to the part of the riding animal between the knee and the shin. (5) al-Adhba is the name of the Prophet’s ﷺ she-camel. The term al-qaʿud denotes a camel old enough for riding, roughly from two to six years of age; beyond that it is called a jamal (full-grown camel).

٦١٢ - وعن أبي رِفَاعَةَ تَمِيمُ بنُ أُسَيْدٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ : أَنْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، رَجُلٌ غَرِيبٌ جَاءَ يَسْأَلُ عَنْ دِينِهِ لَا يَدْرِي مَا دِينُهُ ؟ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ، وَتَرَكَ خُطْبَتَهُ حَتَّى أَنْتَهَى إِلَيَّ ، فَأَتَى بِكُرْسِيٍّ ، فَقَعَدَ عَلَيْهِ ، وَجَعَلَ يُعَلِّمُنِي مِمَّا عَلَّمَهُ اللَّهُ ، ثُمَّ أَتَى خُطْبَتَهُ فَأَتَمَّ آخِرَهَا . رواه مسلم . ٦١٣ - وعن أنس رضي الله عنه ، أن رسول الله ﷺ كان إذا أكل طعاماً لعق أصابعه الثلاث (١) قال : « إِذَا سَقَطَتْ لُقْمَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيُمِطْ (٢) عَنْهَا الْأَذَى وَلْيَأْكُلْهَا وَلَا يَدَعْهَا لِلشَّيْطَانِ » وأمر أن تسلت القصعة قال : « فَإِنَّكُمْ لَا تَدْرُونَ فِي أَيِّ طَعَامِكُمُ الْبَرَكَةَ » رواه مسلم . ٦١٤ - وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه عن النبي ﷺ قال : « مَا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ نَبِيًّا إِلَّا رَعَى الْغَنَمَ » قال أصحابه : وَأَنْتَ ؟ فَقَالَ : « نَعَمْ ، كُنْتُ أَرْعَاهَا عَلَى قَرَارِيطَ لِأَهْلِ مَكَّةَ » رواه البخاري (٣) . ٦١٥ - وعنه عن النبي ﷺ قال : « لَوْ دُعِيتُ إِلَى كُرَاعٍ (٤) أَوْ ذِرَاعٍ لَأَجَبْتُ ، وَلَوْ أُهْدِيَ إِلَيَّ ذِرَاعٌ أَوْ كُرَاعٌ لَقَبِلْتُ » رواه البخاري . ٦١٦ - وعن أنس رضي الله عنه قال : كانت ناقة رسول الله ﷺ العضباء (٥) لَا

(١) هي : الإبهام والمسبحة والوسطى . قال الخطابي : عاف قوم أفسد قلوبهم الترفه لعقها ، وزعموا أنه مستقبح ، كأنهم لم يعلموا أن الطعام الذي علق بالأصابع جزء ما أكلوا ، إذن لم يستقذر بعضه ، وليس فيه أكثر من مصها بباطن الشفة ؟ ولا يشك عاقل أن لا بأس بذلك ! وقد يدخل إنسان أصبعه في فيه ، ويدلكه ولم يستقذر ذلك أحد . (٢) أي : يزل . وقوله : ( وأمر أن تسلت القصعة ) أي : تلعق . (٣) هذا مكرر الحديث ( ٦٠٥ ) . (٤) هو من الدابة ما بين الركبة إلى الساق . (٥) العضباء اسم لناقة النبي ﷺ . و ( القعود ) هو ما استحق الركوب من الإبل وهو ما بين سن الثانية إلى السادسة وبعدها يقال عنه جمل ..