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Hadith 1028
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4241 - وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ جَرَّاحٍ اَلْمَدَائِنِيِّ قَالَ : كَرِهَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ اَلرَّجُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ أَوْ يَشْرَبَ بِهَا أَوْ يَتَنَاوَلَ بِهَا.
Hadith.4241 - It is narrated from Jarrah Al-Mada'ini: Abu Abdullah (as), disliked that a man should eat with his left hand, drink with it, or take anything with it.
Source: Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

Similar narrations

  • Al-Kāfi #1013 “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Do not eat with your left hand if you can.’”
  • Al-Kāfi #1012 “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that he dislikes for a man to eat with his left hand or drink with it and take something with it.”’
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