“When the Prophet (ﷺ) came toAl-Madinah,the people rushed to meet him, and it was said: ‘TheMessenger ofAllah (ﷺ) has come! The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) hascome! TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) has come!’ Three times. I camewith thepeople to see him, and when I saw his face clearly, I knewthat hisface was not the face of a liar. The first thing I heard himsay waswhen he said: ‘O people! Spread (the greeting of) Salam,feed others,uphold the ties of kinship, and pray during the nightwhen people aresleeping, and you will enter Paradise with Salam.”*

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

“O Messenger of Allah, which (aspect) ofIslam isthe best?” He said: “Offering food (to the needy) andgreetingwith Salam those whom you know and those whom you do notknow.”

“The food of one person is sufficient for two, the food oftwo is sufficient for four, and the food for four is sufficient foreight.”

“The food of one is sufficient for two, and the food oftwois sufficient for three or four, and the food of four issufficientfor five or six.’”

“The believer eats with one intestine and the disbeliever eatswithseven intestines.’”

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

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

Another chain reports the same.

“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.’”

“O Messenger ofAllah, are you not going to perform ablution?” He said: ‘Am Igoing topray?’

“Ido not eat while reclining.”

“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.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) waseating food with six of his Companions when a Bedouin came and ate itall in two bites. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘If he hadsaidBismillah, it would have sufficed you (all). When any one of youeatsfood, let him say Bismillah, and if he forgets to say Bismillahat thebeginning, let him say Bismillah fi awwalihi wa akhirih (Inthe Nameof Allah at the beginning and at the end).’”

“The Prophet (ﷺ)saidto me, when I was eating: ‘Say the Name of Allah, the GlorifiedandExalted.’”

“Letone ofyou eat with his right hand and drink with his right hand, andtakewith his right hand and give with his right hand, for Satan eatswithhis left hand, drinks with his left hand, gives with his lefthandand takes with his left hand.”

“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.”

“Whenoneof you eats food, let him not wipe his hand until he has licked itorhas someone else to lick it.”