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BLESSINGS OF EATING

752

“The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, had a very large cooking pot called a gharra; it required four men to carry it. After the Companions had finished their voluntary prayer before the noon prayer, the pot would be brought full of soup and bread and they would sit down around it. When their numbers became great the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, would sit upon his knees. A Bedouin Arab asked, ‘What kind of sitting is that?’ The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, replied, ‘Allah has made me a well mannered worshiper and has not made me an arrogant tyrant.’ Then he said, ‘Eat from the side of the pot and leave the raised part in the center because that part will be blessed.’"

Abu Daud with a chain up to Abdullah, the son of Busr who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this