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Hadith text: If anyone of you eats, let him eat with his right hand,…

Explanation of the hadith: If anyone of you eats, let him eat with his right hand,…

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.

Lessons: If anyone of you eats, let him eat with his right hand,…

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