Chapters on Food
كتاب الأطعمة
Chapter 19: When one’s servant brings his food or drink, let him give him some of it
“When the slave of anyone of you brings his food to him, forwhichhe (the slave) has worked hard and endured heat, let him invitehimto eat with him, and if he does not do that then let him take amorsel and put it in his hand.”
“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.”
Chapter 20: Eating at a dining sheet or an eating cloth
“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.”
“I never saw the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)eat from a dish until he died.”
Chapter 21: Prohibition of standing up until the food has been cleared away, and that one take his hand away until the people have finished eating
It wasnarrated from ‘Aishah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)forbadestanding up before the food had been cleared away.
“When a meal is served, a man should not stand up until it isremoved, and he should not take his hand away, even if he is full,until the people have finished. And let him continue eating.* For aman may make his companion shy, causing him to withhold his hand, andperhaps he has a need for the food.”
Chapter 22: One who goes to bed with smell emanating from his hand
“The Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) said: ‘A man has no one to blame but himself, if he goestobed with a smell emanating from his hand.’”
“Ifanyoneof you goes to bed with a smell emanating from his hand, and hedoesnot wash his hand, and something happens to him, he should notblameanyone but himself.”
Chapter 23: When food is served
“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).’”
Chapter 24: Eating in the mosque
“Atthe time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) we used to eat bread andmeat in the mosque.”
Chapter 25: Eating while standing up
“At the time of the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) we used to eat while walking, and drink while standingup.”
Chapter 26: Gourd, pumpkin
“Umm Sulaim sent with me a basket offreshdates for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), but I did not find him,as hehad just gone out to a freed slave of his who had invited himandmade food for him. I came to him and he was eating, and he calledmeto eat with him. He (the freed slave) had served him Tharid withmeatand gourd, and he liked the gourd, so I started to collect the(pieces of) gourd and put them near him. When he had eaten he wentback to him house and I put the basket (of dates) before him, and hestarted to eat them and share them, until he finished the last ofthem.”
“I entereduponthe Prophet (ﷺ) in his house, and he had some of this gourd. Isaid: ‘What is this?’ He said: ‘This is Qar’; it is Dubba’.We augmentour food with it.”*
Chapter 27: Meat
“The best food of the people of this world and the people ofParadise is meat.’”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)wasnever invited to eat meat but he would respond, and he was neveroffered meat as a gift but he would accept it.”
Chapter 28: The best 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.”
“Some people were bringing meat to theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ)and he said: ‘The best meat is the meat ofthe back.’”
Chapter 29: Roasted meat
“I do not know of theMessengerof Allah (ﷺ) ever seeing a roasted sheep* until he metAllah.”