মিশকাতুল মাসাবীহ ৪০৪৭

Nubaisha reported God’s messenger as saying, “If anyone eats from a dish and licks it, the dish will ask forgiveness for him.”

Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a gharib tradition.

Ibn ‘Abbas said the food God’s messenger liked best was tharid made from bread and tharid made from hais.

Abu Dawud transmitted it.

Anas said God’s messenger liked what was at the bottom of the pot.*
*Mirqat, iv, 381 has quite a long discussion of the meaning of thufl. It means 'dregs', or 'what sinks to the bottom'. The preference for the meaning in the translation above is said to "be either because what is in the bottom of the pot is cooked longer and so is better than the rest, or because the Prophet liked others to be served first. It is also suggested that here thufl means tharid.

Tirmidhi and Baihaqi, in Shu'ab al-iman, transmitted it.