The Book of the Prohibited actions · Prohibition of following the Manners of Satan and Disbelievers
Arabic
- عن جابر رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : "لا تأكلوا بالشمال، فإن الشيطان يأكل ويشرب بشماله" ((رواه مسلم)).
English translation
Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: "Do not eat with your left hand, because Satan eats and drinks with his left hand."
[Muslim].
- وعن ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما أن رسول الله قال: "لا يأكلن أحدكم بشماله، ولا يشربن بها. فإن الشيطان يأكل بشماله ويشرب بها" ((رواه مسلم)).
Ibn 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "No person should eat and drink with his left hand for Satan eats with his left hand and drinks with his left hand."
[Muslim].
- وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: "إن اليهود والنصارى لا يصبغون، فخالفوهم" ((متفق عليه)) . المُرَادُ: خِضَابُ شَعْرِ اللِّحْيةِ والرَّأسِ الأبْيضِ بِصُفْرةٍ أوْ حُمْرةٍ، وأمَّا السَّوادُ، فَمنْهيُّ عَنْهُ كَما سَنَذْكُرُ في الْباب بعْدَهُ، إنْ شَاءَ اللَّه تَعَالَى.
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: "Jews and Christians do not dye their hair, so act differently from them."
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].