Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When a morsel falls from the hand of any one of you, he should pick it up, clean off anything attached to it, and eat it, and not leave it for Satan.

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When any of you finishes eating food, he should not wipe his hands with a cloth until he has licked them or had them licked, because he does not know in which part of the food the blessing lies. In another narration, the words are: He should not clean his hands until he has sucked them, because he does not know in which part of the food blessing has been placed for him.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When any one of you eats food, he should not wipe his hand. In another narration, there is this addition: He should not wipe it with a cloth until he has licked it or had it licked. Abu Zubair says: I heard Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) say, I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Before lifting the bowl, lick your fingers or have them licked, for there is blessing in the last part of the food.

Mujahid narrates that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to lick his fingers and used to say that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: You do not know in which part of your food there is blessing.

Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When any of you eats food, he must certainly lick his fingers, because he does not know in which finger the blessing is.

Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to lick his three fingers after eating food.

(Second chain) The Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, used to eat with three fingers and would lick his fingers before cleaning his hand.

Sayyiduna Nubaisha al-Khair Hudhali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: This is from the time when Umm Asim said that we were eating from a bowl when this Nubaisha Hudhali came to us and said: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) told us that whoever eats from a bowl and then cleans it (with his finger or by licking it), that bowl seeks forgiveness for him.

Narrated by Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) and Ata: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: How excellent are those who use the toothpick. He (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) was asked: Who are those who use the toothpick? He (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: Those who use the toothpick during ablution and after eating.