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

“Ido not eat while reclining.”

“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).’”

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

“Al-hamdu lillahi hamdan kathiran tayyiban mubarakan ghairamakfiyyin wa la muwadda’in wa la mustaghnan ‘anhu, Rabbana(Praise isto Allah, abundant good and blessed praise, a never-endingpraise, apraise that we will never bid farewell to and anindispensible praise,He is our Lord).”

“Whoever eats food and said: Al-hamdulillahil-ladhi at’amani hadha wa razaqanihi min ghayri hawlinminniwa la quwwatin (Praise is to Allah Who has fed me this andprovidedit for me without any strength or power on my part), - hisprevioussins will be forgiven.”

“When the servant of anyone of you brings his food, let him makehim sit down with him or give him some of it, for he is the one whoput up with its heat and smoke.”

“The Prophet(ﷺ)never ate from a dish or from an individual plate.” He said:“Fromwhere did he eat?” He said: “From the dining sheet.”

It wasnarrated from ‘Aishah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)forbadestanding up before the food had been cleared away.

“The Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) said: ‘A man has no one to blame but himself, if he goestobed with a smell emanating from his hand.’”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) like gourd.”

“Some people were bringing meat to theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ)and he said: ‘The best meat is the meat ofthe back.’”

“No leftovers of roastmeat*were ever cleared from in front of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ),andno carpet was ever carried with him.”

“Weate food with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in the mosque, meatthathad been roasted. Then we wiped our hands on the pebbles and gotupto perform prayer without performing ablution.”

“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.”*

“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.”

Another chain reports the same.

“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.”