Post by toweringniceguy on Feb 16, 2007 12:29:15 GMT 10
1 Wash your hands before taking your meals. It is keeping with the rules
of cleanliness and neatness that your mind should be satisfied about the
cleanliness of your hands before starting the meal.
2.
Say
Bismilla hirrahhama nirrahim
' in the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent ; the Most Merciful ',
while starting the meal. Should you forget this, then say
As soon as you realise the oversight during the meal. Remember, the
meal which is not consecrated by the Name of Allah is made lawful by the
devil for himself.
3.
Do not lean against anything when sitting down for a meal. Sit in a
humble position with your knees raised or legs crossed or with one knee
prostrate and the other one raised. The Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h) used to
sit for meals. in this posture.
4.
Always eat with your right hand. However, the left hand may be used
simultaneously with the right hand, if needed.
5.
Use three fingers while eating. If required, use four fingers except
the little finger. Do not put your fingers in the food up to their roots.
6.
Do not take a big morsel, nor a small one. Put the second morsel into
your mouth only after swallowing the first one.
7.
Do not wipe your fingers with bread. This is a filthy habit.
8.
Avoid brushing off the loaves and refrain from knocking them about
also.
9.
Eat out of the plate from the edge which is nearest to you. Do not put
your hand in the middle of the plate nor extend your hand to eat from that
edge of the plate which is nearer to other diners.
10.
If the morsel drops from your hands pick it up and eat it after
cleaning or washing it.
11.
Eat in company. Dining in company promotes cordiality and love and is
a source of blessing.
12.
Do not find fault with the food. Leave it if you don't like it.
13.
Do not eat while the food is piping hot or simmering.
14.
Avoid breaking into guffaws or indulging in too much conversation
during dinner.
15.
Do not sniff the food needlessly, It is bad habit. Do not often open
your mouth so wide during dinner that the other people may see the food you
are munching between your teeth, nor should you pick your teeth repeatedly
in the course of eating. The other diners will find this habit disgusting.
16.
Sit Down to eat and sit down also while taking a drink of water.
However, if needed, you may eat fruit or drink water while standing.
17.
If some soup is left over in the plate, drink it ; otherwise clear the
sediments from the plate with a finger and lick the finger.
18.
Do not blow on the articles of food. The breath that we exhale is
polluted and poisonous.
19.
Take three breathing pauses while drinking water. By this method you
can drink according to your need and get full satisfaction. Beware, drinking
all the water three is in the container in one breath may be harmful.
20.
While eating in company pay due regard to the needs of the slow diners
as well as those who eat at a rapid pace and rise only when all others have
stopped eating.
21.
When you have finishes eating, lick your fingers and then wash your
hands.
22.
Do not pick up two pieces or slices at once time while eating fruit.
23.
Do not drink water from the spout of a water pot or a goblet etc.
Drink from such a container that you may clearly see the water that you are
pouring into your mouth on order that no filth harmful substance goes into
your stomach.
24.
Say this prayer at the end of the meal :
Alhamdu lillahil-ladhi at'amana wa saqana wa ja'alana
min-al-Muslimin.
"praise be to God Who fed us and gave us drink and made us Muslims."
Chand meri zameen phool mera watan
SupremeSohni