36/18. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 2032d — Three Fingers Variation
It is recommended to lick one's fingers and wipe the bowl, and to eat a piece of food that is dropped after removing any dirt on it. It is disliked to wipe one's hand before licking it, because of the possibility that the blessing of the food may be in that remaining part. The Sunnah is to eat with three fingers
Another Chain for the Hadith About Three Fingers
Sahih Muslim : 2032d
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 2032d
وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، أَنَّحَدَّثَاهُ - أَوْ، أَحَدُهُمَا - عَنْ أَبِيهِ، كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِمِثْلِهِ .
Ka'b bin Malik Narrated from:
A hadith like this has been reported on the authority of Ka'b b. Malik through another chain of transmitters.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2032dIn-book reference : Book 36, Hadith 173USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 23, Hadith 5042
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 2032d
This Hadith is a short supporting narration about the same eating manner reported from Ka'b b. Malik. The text says that a Hadith like this was reported through another chain of transmitters. Because it says "like this," the meaning stays connected to the earlier report about the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم eating with three fingers and licking them after food. This entry does not add a new scene or a new instruction. Its main value is in preserving the same report through another route. For readers searching for Sahih Muslim 2032d or Prophet ate with three fingers hadith, the key point is that the narration supports the same eating Sunnah without adding extra details.
What we learn from this hadith
- This report comes through another chain of transmitters.
- It supports the same meaning as the nearby Ka'b b. Malik narration.
- The text itself does not add a new detail.
- The core topic remains the Prophetic manner of eating with three fingers.
