رِيَاضُ الصَّالِحِينَ
Riyad as-Salihin 753
The Book About the Etiquette of Eating
Excellence of Eating with Three Fingers and Licking Them
وَعَنْ سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ أَنَّهُ سأل جَابِرًا رضى اللَّه عَنْهُ عَنِ الْوُضُوءِ مِمَّا مَسَّتِ النَّارُ، فَقَالَ: لاَ ، قَدْ كُنَّا زَمَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لاَ نجد مثل ذلك الطَّعَامِ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاً، فَإِذَا نَحْنُ وَجَدْنَاهُ، لَمْ يَكُنْ لَنَا مَنَادِيلُ إِلاَّ أَكُفَّنَا وَسَوَاعِدَنَا وَأَقْدَامَنَا، ثُمَّ نصلى وَلاَ نَتَوَضَّأُ. ((رَوَاهُ البخارى))
Sa'id bin Al-Harith reported: I asked Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) whether it was obligatory to make Wudu' for Salat (prayer) after eating cooked food. He said: "No, because in the lifetime of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), such food was rarely available. We had no handkerchiefs, so when we ate such food we would wipe our fingers against our palms, forearms or (the sole of our) feet, and would offer Salat without fresh Wudu' (for prayer)." [Al- Bukhari].
Riyad as-Salihin, 753