Sunan Abi Dawud Book 28, Hadith 44

I was eating with the Prophet (ﷺ) and snatching the meat from the bone with my hand. He said: bring the bone near your mouth, for it is more beneficial and wholesome.

Abu Dawud said: 'Uthman did not hear (traditions) from Safwan. This is a mursal tradition.

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The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Do not eat meat with a knife, for it is a foreign practice, but bite it, for it is more beneficial and wholesome.

Abu Dawud said: This tradition is not strong.

Sunan Abi Dawud Book 28, Hadith 43
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The bone dearer to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was the bone of sheep.

Sunan Abi Dawud Book 28, Hadith 45