The Book About the Etiquette of Eating

كتـــــاب أدب الطعام

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

Sa'id bin Al-Harith reported

I asked Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) whether it was obligatory to make Wudu' for Salat (prayer) after eating cooked food. He said: "No, because in the lifetime of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), such food was rarely available. We had no handkerchiefs, so when we ate such food we would wipe our fingers against our palms, forearms or (the sole of our) feet, and would offer Salat without fresh Wudu' (for prayer)."[Al- Bukhari].

Chapter 11: Merit of Sharing Food

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

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

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "The food of one person suffices for two, the food of two persons suffices for four persons, and the food of four persons suffices for eight persons."[Muslim].

Chapter 12: Etiquette of Drinking Water

Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

Milk mixed with water was brought to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). On his right side was sitting a bedouin and on his left was sitting Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him). He (ﷺ) drank from it and handed the rest to the bedouin saying, "One who is on the right has preference, then again the one who is on the right."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Sahl bin Sa'd (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

A drink was brought to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he drank (some) from it. On his right was a boy and on his left were some elderly people. He (ﷺ) said to the boy, "Would you permit me to give rest of this drink to these on my left?" The boy said: "O Messenger of Allah, I would certainly not give preference to anyone in anything that might come to me from you." So he (ﷺ) handed over the rest of the drink to him.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Chapter 13: Undesirability of Drinking Directly from the Mouth of a Water-Skin

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited drinking directly out of the mouth of a water- skin.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Umm Thabit Kabshah (May Allah be pleased with her), daughter of Thabit (May Allah be pleased with him) and the sister of Hassan bin Thabit, the Prophet's poet) reported

An-Nawawi said that the reason why she did this was to preserve the part of the water-skin which the lips of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) touched, gain blessings from it, and preserve it from dishonor. This narration is understood to show permissibility whereas the previous two narrations are to show what is better and closer to perfection. Allah knows best.

Chapter 14: Undesirability of Blowing into the Vessel while Drinking

Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

[At-Tirmidhi].

Chapter 15: Permission to Drink While Standing

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

During the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) we would eat while walking and would drink while standing.[At- Tirmidhi].

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

Anas bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]. This is Al-Bukhari's version.

In Muslim's version "'that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) called for a container of water so he was given a vessel that had some water.' Anas said 'Then I started looking at the water spouting from his fingers. Then I estimated (the persons) and they were between seventy and eighty.'"

Hudhaifah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited us from wearing brocade or silk and drinking out of gold or silver vessels and said, "These are meant for them (disbelievers) in this world and for you in the Hereafter."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Umm Salamah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "He who drinks from the vessel of silver kindles the Fire (of Hell) in his belly."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].A narration in Muslim is: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Surely, he who eats or drinks in gold and silver vessels fills his belly with Hell-fire."