Chapters on Drinks
كتاب الأشربة
Chapter 24: Blowing into the drink
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)didnot blow into his drinks.”
Chapter 25: Drinking from one’s hand and lapping up water (like an animal)
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)forbade us to drink while (lying) on our bellies, lapping up water,and he forbade us to drink from one hand only. He said: ‘None ofyoushould lap up water as a dog does, and he should not drink waterfromone hand as the people with whom Allah is angry do, and heshould notdrink from a vessel at night without stirring it first,unless thevessel was covered. Whoever drinks from his hand when heis able todrink from a vessel, with the intention of humility, Allahwill recordgood deeds equivalent to the number of fingers for him.It (i.e., thehand) is the vessel of ‘Eisa bin Maryam, (as) when hethrew away thecup and said: ‘Ugh! That belongs to this world.’”
“The Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) entered upon a man among the Ansar when he was wateringhisgarden. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him: ‘If you have anywater that has been kept overnight in a water skin, then give us someto drink, otherwise we will drink by putting out mouths in thebasin.’He said: ‘I have water that has been kept in a waterskin. So he wentand we went with him, to the shelter, where hemilked a sheep for himand (mixed it with) the water that had beenkept overnight in a waterskin. He drank from it, then he didlikewise for his Companion who waswith him.”
“We passed by a pond and westartedto lap up water from it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:‘Do notlap up the water, rather wash your hands then drink from them,forthere is no better vessel than the hand.’”
Chapter 26: The one who serves water to others should be the last one to drink from it
“The oen who serves water to others should be the last one to drinkfrom it.”
Chapter 27: Drinking from a glass
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)hada glass cup from which he would drink.”