Chapters on Food

“TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever would like Allah toincreasethe goodness of his house, should perform ablution (washhands) whenhis breakfast is brought to him and when it is takenaway.’”

“I gave the Prophet (ﷺ) a gift of asheep,and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat on his knees to eat. ABedouinsaid: ‘What is this sitting?’ He said: ‘Allah has mademe a humble andgenerous slave (of Allah) and has not made mearrogant and stubborn.’”

“I was a boy in the care of the Prophet (ﷺ) and my handusedto wander all over the plate. He said to me: ‘O boy! Say the Nameof Allah, eat with your right hand, and eat from what is in front ofyou.’”

“Do noteat with your left hand, for Satan eats with his left hand.”

“Nubaishah, the freed slave oftheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ), entered upon us when we were eating fromabowl. He said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever eatsfrom a bowl and cleans it, the bowl will pray for forgiveness forhim.”

“Eatfromthe sides and leave the top, so that it may be blessed.”

“TheMessengerof Allah (ﷺ) took hold of the top of the Tharid and said:‘Eat inthe Name of Allah from its sides and leave the top, for theblessingcomes from its top.’”

“While (he) waseating lunch, a morsel of food fell on the floor. He picked it up,removed whatever dirt had gotten onto it, and ate it. The villagersand farmers winked at one another (finding it odd) and it was said:‘May Allah help the chief! These villagers and farmers are winkingatone another because you picked up a morsel (from the ground) whenyouhave this food in front of you.’ He said: ‘I am not going togive upsomething I heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) for thesenon-Arabs. We were told, if one of us dropped a morsel of food, topick itup, remove whatever dirt was on it, and eat it, and not toleave itfor Satan.’”

“During the time oftheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) we often did not find anything to eat,andif we did, we did not have handkerchiefs, except our hands, armsandfeet. Then we would pray without performing ablution.”

“Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ)ate,he would say: Al-hamdu lillahil-ladhi at’amana wa saqana waja’alana Muslimin (Praise is to Allah Who has fed us, given us todrink, and made us Muslims).”

“I heard my father say: ‘Iheard‘Umar bin Khattab say: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:‘Eattogether and do not eat separately, for the blessing is inbeingtogether.’”

“Some food was brought tothe Prophet (ﷺ) and it was offered to us. We said: ‘We do nothaveany appetite for it.’ He said: ‘Do not combine hunger andlies.’”

* “I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) when he waseatingbreakfast and he said: ‘Come and eat.’ I said: ‘I amfasting. Alas!Would that I had eaten of the food of the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ).’”

“Atthe time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) we used to eat bread andmeat in the mosque.”

“The best food of the people of this world and the people ofParadise is meat.’”

“One day some meat wasbrought tothe Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and the foreleg was offered tohim whichhe liked, so he bit it with his front teeth.”

“A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and his voice trembled out of awe as he spoke to him. The Prophet said to him, “Be calm, for I am not a king. Verily, I am only the son of a woman who ate dried meat.”

“Spread (the greeting og) Salam, offer food (to the needy),andbe brothers as Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, has honored you.”

“Thedisbeliever eats with seven intestines and the believer eats with oneintestine.”

“Thebeliever eats with one intestine and the disbeliever eats withsevenintestines.”