Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:11251a حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ وَابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَائِطًا لِبَعْضِ الْأَنْصَارِ فَجَعَلَ يَتَنَاوَلُ مِنَ الرُّطَبِ فَيَأْكُلُ وَهُوَ يَمْشِي وَأَنَا مَعَهُ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ «يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ لَا تَأْكُلْ بإِصبعينِ فَإِنَّهَا أَكْلَةُ الشَّيْطَانِ وَكُلْ بِثَلَاثَةِ أَصَابِعَ»
English Translation
Ibn Abbas said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) entered a garden belonging to one of the Ansar, and he began picking fresh dates and eating while walking, and I was with him. He turned to me and said: 'O Ibn Abbas, do not eat with two fingers, for that is the eating of Shaytan. Eat with three fingers.'