The Book of Drinks

كتاب الأشربة

Chapter 16: It is disliked to breathe into the vessel, and it is recommended to take three breaths, outside the vessel

Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) breathed three times (outside the vessel) in the course of a drink and said

It is more thirst- quenching, healthier and more wholesome. Anas said: So I also breathe three times in the course of a drink.

Chapter 12: It is recommended to cover vessels, tie up waterskins, close doors and mention the name of Allah over them, extinguish lamps and fires when going to sleep, and keep children and animals in after maghrib

Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

Cover vessels, waterskins, close the doors and extinguish the lamps, for the Satan does not loosen the waterskin, does not open the door and does not uncover the vessels. And if one amongst you fails to find (something) to cover it well, he should cover it by placing (a piece of) wood across it. Qutaiba did not mention the closing of the doors in the hadith transmitted by him.

Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) having said

When the wings of the night (spread) or it is night, restrain your children (from going out), for the Satan is abroad at that time, and when a part of the night is passed, free them and shut the doors. making mention of God's name, for the Satan does not open a closed door; and tighten the (mouths of waterskins and mention the name of Allah, cover your utensils and mention the name of Allah even though you should just put something on them, and extinguish your lamps.

Salim, on the authority of his father, reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) having said

Do not leave the fire burning in your houses when you go to sleep.

Chapter 13: The etiquette of eating and drinking, and rulings thereon

Hudhaifa b. al-Yaman reported

When we were invited to a dinner with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ; the rest of hadith is the same but there is a slight variation of wording (and the variation is) that in that hadith the desert Arab precedes the arrival of that girl, and at the conclusion there is an addition (to this effect):" He (the Holy Prophet) then mentioned the name of Allah and ate."

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jabir b. Abdullah through the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.

Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

When any one of you intends to eat (meal), he should eat with his right hand. and when he (intends) to drink he should drink with his right hand, for the Satan eats with his left hand and drinks with his left hand.

Salama b. Akwa' reported on the authority of his father that a person ate in the presence of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) with his left hand, whereupon he said

Eat with your right hand. He said: I cannot do that, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: May you not be able to do that. It was vanity that prevented him from doing it, and he could not raise it (the right hand) up to his mouth.

Abu Sa'id (Khudri) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade from turning the waterskins upside down and drinking from its mouth.

This hadith has been reported from Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters, but he also said that Ikhtinath means that its head (i. e., of the waterskin) be turned upside down and then (water) be drank from that.

Chapter 15: Drinking zamzam water while standing

Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) drank (water) from Zamzam while he was standing.

Chapter 16: It is disliked to breathe into the vessel, and it is recommended to take three breaths, outside the vessel

Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to breathe three times in the course of a drink (i. e. he drank in three gulps).

Chapter 9: The permissibility of Nabidh so long as it has not become strong and has not become intoxicating

Anas reported

I served drink to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in this cup of mine: honey, Nabidh, water and milk.

Chapter 10: The permissibility of drinking milk

This hadith is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of transmitters, but he did not mention Aelia (Capitolina. i. e. Bait al-Maqdis).

Chapter 11: Drinking Nabidh and covering vessels

Abu Humaid Sa'idi reported

I came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) with a cup of milk from Naqi' which had no cover over it, whereupon he said: Why did you not cover it? - even if you had covered it only with a stick. Abu Humaid said that he had been ordered that waterskins be tied during the night, and the doors be closed during the night.

Jabir b 'Abdullah reported

We were with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he asked for water. A person said: Allah's Messenger, may we not give you Nabidh to drink? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Yes (you may). He (the narrator) said: Then that person went out speedily and brought a cup containing Nabidh, whereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Why did you not cover it? - even if it is with a wood. He said that then he drank it.

Chapter 12: It is recommended to cover vessels, tie up waterskins, close doors and mention the name of Allah over them, extinguish lamps and fires when going to sleep, and keep children and animals in after maghrib

Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

Shut the doors; the rest of the hadith is the same but with a slight variation of wording: Cover the utensils, and further said: It (the mouse) may set fire to the clothes of the residents of the house.

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn Juraij.

Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

Cover the vessels and tie the waterskin, for there is a night in a year when pestilence descends, and it does not pass an uncovered vessel or an untied waterskin but some of that pestilence descending into it.

Abu Musa reported that a house was burnt down in Medina during the night over its inhabitants. When their matter was reported to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), he said; This fire is an enemy of yours. So when you go to sleep, extinguish it.