Tag Archives: Eating

November, 2018

• 17 November

  Saying Bismillah before Eating

  

  One should say ‘bismillah’ before commencing the meal. Similarly, one should eat with his right hand and eat from the side of the plate which is before him. عن عمر بن أبي سلمة، قال: كنت غلاما في حجر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، وكانت يدي تطيش في الصحفة، فقال …

October, 2015

• 23 October

  Taking the name of Allah Ta’ala when Entering the Home and Before Eating

  

  عن جابر بن عبد الله أنه سمع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول إذا دخل الرجل بيته فذكر الله عند دخوله وعند طعامه قال الشيطان لا مبيت لكم ولا عشاء وإذا دخل فلم يذكر الله عند دخوله قال الشيطان أدركتم المبيت وإذا لم يذكر الله عند طعامه قال أدركتم المبيت …

December, 2013

• 30 December

  Sunnats and Aadaab of Eating – Part 5

  

  Duas After Eating

  Dua One

  All praise is due to Allah Ta‘ala who gave us food and drink and made us Muslims.
• 23 December

  Sunnats and Aadaab of Eating – Part 4

  

  1. Do not criticize or find fault with the food.

  Hazrat Abu Hurairah (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Hazrat Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) never found fault with the food. If he desired eating it, he ate it, and if he was not inclined towards eating it, he left it (without finding fault with it).
• 16 December

  Sunnats and Aadaab of Eating – Part 3

  

  1. After eating, thoroughly clean the plate or any other utensil which you are eating from (bowl, etc.). It is reported in the Hadith that the utensil makes dua of forgiveness for the one who cleans it after eating.

  2. After eating, lick your fingers. First lick the middle finger, then the index finger, and finally the thumb.
• 9 December

  Sunnats and Aadaab of Eating – Part 2

  

  1. If one forgets to recite the dua before eating, then one should recite the following dua when one remembers:

  (I commence) in the name of Allah Ta‘ala from the beginning till the end.

September, 2013

• 3 September

  Sunnats and Aadaab of Eating – Part 1

  

  The Deen of Islam is a universal Deen. It is for all times, all places and all people. It is so complete, perfect and comprehensive that it has shown man the path of fulfilling the rights of Allah Ta‘ala and the rights of the servants.

  Prior to a person entering the world until he passes away, Islam has prescribed laws and injunctions through which goodness will be acquired.

  Let alone acts of worship which are a means of earning from the limitless treasures of Allah Ta‘ala, Islam has taught man a way to transform even his worldly activities into acts of ibaadah (worship) through which he will be able to please Allah Ta‘ala and become a source of mercy to mankind.