Authentic hadithNarrated by Muslim
If anyone of you eats, let him eat with his right hand, and if he drinks, let him drink with his right hand, for indeed the devil eats with his left hand and drinks with his left hand
عن ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: «إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَأْكُلْ بِيَمِينِهِ، وَإِذَا شَرِبَ فَلْيَشْرَبْ بِيَمِينِهِ، فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِشِمَالِهِ، وَيَشْرَبُ بِشِمَالِهِ».
Explanation
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) enjoins that Muslims should eat and drink with their right hand and forbade eating and drinking with their left hand. This is because the devil eats and drinks with the left hand.
Source
صحيح مسلم (3/ 1598) (2020).
توضيح الأحكام مِن بلوغ المرام، للبسام (5/ 445).
فتح ذي الجلال والإكرام شرح بلوغ المرام، لابن عثيمين (6/ 270).
سبل السلام شرح بلوغ المرام، للصنعاني (2/ 625).
عون المعبود شرح سنن أبي داود (10/ 179).
فتاوى اللجنة الدائمة - المجموعة الأولى- (26/ 387).
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