Whenever we were present at a meal with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, none of us would put his hand to the food until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ began.Once we were present with him at a meal when an Arabi came as if he were being shoved forward, and he reached out to put his hand in the food. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took hold of his hand. Then a Jariya came as if she were being shoved, and she reached out to put her hand in the food. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took hold of her hand as well.He said, "Satan considers food permissible for himself when the name of Allah has not been mentioned over it. He brought this Arabi in order to make the food lawful for himself through him, so I seized his hand. And he brought this Jariya in order to make it lawful for himself through her, so I seized her hand. By the One in whose hand my soul is, his hand is right now in my hand along with their hands."
حدثنا عثمان بن أبي شيبة حدثنا أبو معاوية عن الأعمش عن خيثمة عن أبي حذيفة
كنا إذا حضرنا مع رسول الله ﷺ طعاما لم يضع أحدنا يده حتى يبدأ رسول الله ﷺ وإنا حضرنا معه طعاما فجاء أعرابي كأنما يدفع فذهب ليضع يده في الطعام فأخذ رسول الله ﷺ بيده ثم جاءت جارية كأنما تدفع فذهبت لتضع يدها في الطعام فأخذ رسول الله ﷺ بيدها وقال إن الشيطان ليستحل الطعام الذي لم يذكر اسم الله عليه وإنه جاء بهذا الأعرابي يستحل به فأخذت بيده وجاء بهذه الجارية يستحل بها فأخذت بيدها فوالذي نفسي بيده إن يده لفي يدي مع أيديهما