Friday, October 8, 2010

Sunnah Of Eating




1) Sit and eat on the floor.

2) Spread out a cloth on the floor first before eating.

3) Wash both hands up to the wrists.

4) Recite "Bismillah wa'la barakatillah' aloud.

5) Eat with the right hand.

6) Eat from the side that is in front of you.

7) If a morsel of food falls down, pick it up, clean it and eat it.

8) Do not find fault with the food.

9) When eating, sit with either both knees on the ground or one knee raised or both knees raised.

10) Clean the plate and other utensils thoroughly after eating.

11) By doing this, the utensils make dua for one's forgiveness.

12) Recite dua after eating. ( Al-hamdu-lillahilazi atamana wa saqana wa jaalna minal musalameen )

13) After meals wash both the hands.

14) Eat with three fingers if possible.

15) One should not eat very hot food.

16) Do not blow on the food.

17) After eating one should lick his fingers.

18) If one forgets saying Bismillah before eating and remembers half way, they can say: Bismillahi Awwalahu Wa Akharahu, which will make shaytaan put back any food he has taken and therefore put in barakah in what has already been consumed.

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