- Spread out a cloth on the floor before eating.
- Wash both hands up to the wrists.
- Remove your shoes before eating.
- Sit on the floor and eat.
- Before eating recite ‘Bismillah wa’la barakatillah’ aloud.
- When eating, sit with either both knees on the ground or one knee raised or both knees raised.
- Do not lean and eat.
- Eat with the right hand.
- Eat with three fingers if possible.
- One should not eat very hot food.
- Do not blow on the food.
- Eat from the side that is in front of you.
- If a morsel of food falls down, pick it up, clean it and eat it.
- Whilst eating, one should not remain completely silent.
- Do not find fault with the food.
- Clean the plate and other utensils thoroughly after eating. By doing this, the utensil makes dua for one’s forgiveness.
- After eating, lick the fingers.
- Recite the dua after eating.
- Remove the food before getting up.
- Wash both the hands after meals.
- Thereafter gargle the mouth.
Sunnats of Eating
