Hadith 13

Riyad as-Salihin

Book 2: The Book About the Etiquette of Eating

Chapter 104

Eating from What is in Front of One

باب الأكل مما يليه ووعظه وتأديبه من يسئ أكله

Riyad as-Salihin 739
عن عمر بن أبى سلمة رضى الله عنهما قال‏:‏ كنت غلاماً في حجر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، وكانت يدي تطيش في الصحفة، فقال لي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم‏:‏ ‏ ‏ .((متفق عليه))
"‏ يا غلام سم الله تعالى، وكل بيمينك،وكل مما يليك‏"
'Umar bin Abu Salamah (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:

I was a boy under the care of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and as my hand used to wander around in the dish, he (ﷺ) said to me once, "Mention Allah's Name (i.e., say Bismillah), eat with your right hand, and eat from what is in front of you." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].