The Book About the Etiquette of Eating

كتـــــاب أدب الطعام

Chapter 15: Permission to Drink While Standing

Ibn 'Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) reported

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade us from drinking while standing. Qatadah reported: "We asked him: 'What about eating?"' He said: "That is even worse, (or may be he said) more detestable."Another narration is: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) reprimanded [us] for drinking while standing.[Muslim].

Chapter 17: Permissibility of Drinking Water from all Types of Clean Vessels Except Those of Gold and Silver

'Abdullah bin Zaid (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

The Prophet (ﷺ) visited us and we brought water for him in a brass vessel for his ablution and he performed ablution.[Al- Bukhari].

Chapter 1: Saying Bismillah Before and Al-Hamdulillah After Eating

'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "When any of you wants to eat, he should mention the Name of Allah in the begining, (i.e., say Bismillah). If he forgets to do it in the beginning, he should say Bismillah awwalahu wa akhirahu (I begin with the Name of Allah at the beginning and at the end)."[At-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud].

Umaiyyah bin Makhshi (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was sitting while a man was eating food. That man did not mention the Name of Allah (before commencing to eat) till only a morsel of food was left. When he raised it to his mouth, he said: "Bismillah awwalahu wa akhirahu (With the Name of Allah, in the beginning and in the end)." Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) smiled at this and said, "Satan had been eating with him but when he mentioned the Name of Allah, Satan vomited all that was in his stomach."[Abu Dawud and An-Nasa'i].

Mu'adh bin Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "He who has taken food and says at the end: 'Al- hamdu lillahi-lladhi at'amani hadha, wa razaqanihi min ghairi haulin minni wa la quwwatin (All praise is due to Allah Who has given me food to eat and provided it without any endeavour on my part or any power),' all his past sins will be forgiven." [Abu Dawud and At- Tirmidhi].

Chapter 4: What should One say to the Host if an Invited Person is Accompanied by an Uninvited Person

Abu Mas'ud Al-Badri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Chapter 8: Eating from the Side of the Vessel

Ibn 'Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) reported

[Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi].

Chapter 9: Undesirability of Eating in a Reclining Posture

Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

I saw Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) eating some dates while sitting on his buttocks, with his legs raised.[Muslim].

Chapter 10: Excellence of Eating with Three Fingers and Licking Them

Ibn 'Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) reported

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded the licking of fingers and the gleaning of the dish, saying, "You do not know in which portion the blessing lies."[Muslim].

Chapter 12: Etiquette of Drinking Water

Abu Qatadah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade breathing into the vessel while drinking.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Chapter 17: Permissibility of Drinking Water from all Types of Clean Vessels Except Those of Gold and Silver

Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) visited the house of a man of the Ansar with one of his Companions and said to him, "If you have some water in the water-skin left over from last night, give it to us for drinking; otherwise, we shall drink from some stream directly."[Al- Bukhari].

Chapter 1: Saying Bismillah Before and Al-Hamdulillah After Eating

'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was eating with his six Companions when a desert Arab came and ate up the food in two mouthfuls. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Had he mentioned the Name of Allah, it would have sufficed for all of you."[At-Tirmidhi].

Abu Umamah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

[Al-Bukhari].

Chapter 5: Eating from What is in Front of One

'Umar bin Abu Salamah (May Allah be pleased with them) reported

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Chapter 6: Prohibition of Eating Two Dates Simultaneously

Jabalah bin Suhaim reported

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Chapter 10: Excellence of Eating with Three Fingers and Licking Them

Ka'b bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

I saw Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) eating with three fingers (i.e., the thumb, the index finger and the middle finger) and licking them after having finished the food.[Muslim].

Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Satan appears at every thing done by you; he appears even at one's dinner. When a morsel of any of you falls, he should pick it up and remove any dirt on it, and then eat it. He should not leave it for Satan, nor should he wipe his hand with the towel until he has licked his fingers, for he does not know in what portion of the food the blessing lies."[Muslim].

Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

Whenever the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ate food, he would lick his three fingers and say, "If anyone of you drops a morsel of food, he should remove any dirt that may have stuck on it and then eat it, and should not leave it for Satan." He (ﷺ) also commanded us that we should glean the pot, saying, "You do not know in which part of your food the blessings lies."[Muslim].