Chapters on Drinks

كتاب الأشربة

Chapter 16: Covering vessels

It wasnarrated that ‘Aishah said

“I used to prepare three coveredvessels for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) at night: A vessel for hiswater for purification, a vessel for his tooth stick and a vessel forhis drink.”

Chapter 19: Tipping up water skins

It wasnarrated that Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri said

“The Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) forbade tipping up water skins in order to drink fromtheirmouths.”

It wasnarrated that Ibn ‘Abbas said

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)forbade tipping up water skins. After the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)hadforbidden that, a man got up at night and tipped up a water skin,anda snake fell out of it onto him.”

Chapter 21: Drinking while standing up

It wasnarrated from Anas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbadedrinkingwhile standing up.

Chapter 22: When drinking, the (vessel) should be passed around to the right

It wasnarrated that Ibn ‘Abbas said

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)wasbrought some milk. On his right was Ibn ‘Abbas and on his left wasKhalid bin Walid. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to Ibn ‘Abbas:‘Will you permit me to give Khalid to drink?’ Ibn ‘Abbas said:‘Iwould not like to give preference to anyone over myself when itcomesto the leftover drink of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). So Ibn‘Abbastook it and drank some, then Khalid drank some.”

Chapter 24: Blowing into the drink

It wasnarrated that Ibn ‘Abbas said

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)didnot blow into his drinks.”