Part C
Some Ahadeeth pertaining to Food and Drink
Taken from
Silsilah Ahadeeth As-Saheehah
By the
Muhaddith, Shaykh, Allamaa’
Muhammad Nasir uddeen al-Albaani
Translated by
Abbas Abu Yahya
21- 884 – From al-Miqdaam bin Ma’ad Yakrib al-Kindee who said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- say:
‘A human does not fill a vessel more evil than his stomach. It is sufficient for the son of Adam to eat food that would keep his back straight. If it is inevitable (that he eats a full meal) then a third is for his food, a third for his drink and a third for air.’
(2265)
22- 885 – From Ibn Abbas that he said: the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- said:
‘When an alcoholic dies he meets Allaah as an idol worshipper.’
(677)
23 – 886 – From Jundab bin Abdullaah who said: the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- said:
‘If one of you can try to prevent an intervention coming between himself and between Paradise, it is by not spilling a Muslim’s blood even if it is a handful. He kills the Muslim as if he is slaughtering a chicken, so every time the killer comes across a door from the doors of Paradise, Allaah comes between him and the door. And whoever can do so should not try to put in his stomach except that which is good; since the first thing that rots from a human is his stomach.’
(3379)
24- 891 – From Abdullaah bin Mas’ood who said the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- said:
‘Whoever forgets to mention Allaah when he first begins to eat should say when he remembers: ‘Bismillaah fee awwalihee wa Aakhirihee.’ (In the name of Allaah in the beginning and the end);
because after having said Bismillaah he is receiving new food, and preventing the evil Shaytaan from taking from the food.’
(198)
25- 903 – From Anas: the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- prohibited [in another wording: rebuked] drinking standing up.’
(177)
26- 905 – From Ibn Umar who said: the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- prohibited from two kinds of partaking of food: from sitting at a table where alcohol is drunk, and that a person eats while lying on his stomach.’
(2394)
27- 914 – From Abu Darda from the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- who said:
‘The person who is disobedient to his parents will not enter Paradise, nor an alcoholic or a person who belies Qadr (destiny).’
(675)
28 – 916- From Abu Musa al-Ashaari who said the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- said:
‘An alcoholic will not enter Paradise, nor the one who believes in magic, or one who breaks relations.’
(678)
29- 917 – From Abu Huraira who said: the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- said:
‘One of you should not dare drink standing up.’
(175)
30- 918- From Umar bin Abu Salmah who said: I was a young boy in the house of the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- and my hands used to take food from all over the dish, the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – said to me:
‘O boy! If you eat, then say ‘Bismillaah’ and eat with your right hand and eat what is close to you.’
(344)