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The cup should be passed around from the right.
The Third Part
Manners after Eating
One should stop eating before feeling satiated by the food, then one should lick
the fingers and then wipe them with a cloth, then wash them, one should pick up
the crumbs. The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said: “Whoever eats
what has fallen from the tray lives in abundance and Allah saves his children
from any harm.” One should clean the teeth with toothpicks but not swallow what
the toothpick removes, except what is removed by his tongue. But as for what
one removes with the toothpick, it should be thrown away and one should wash
his mouth after using the toothpick. The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,
used to wipe clean his fingers saying: “The last portion of food is very much
blessed.” Moreover he licked his fingers until they became red. He did not wipe
his hand with a towel until he had licked his fingers one by one, saying that he
did not know in, which morsel of food was the blessing. When he finished he
The Third Part
Manners after Eating
One should stop eating before feeling satiated by the food, then one should lick
the fingers and then wipe them with a cloth, then wash them, one should pick up
the crumbs. The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said: “Whoever eats
what has fallen from the tray lives in abundance and Allah saves his children
from any harm.” One should clean the teeth with toothpicks but not swallow what
the toothpick removes, except what is removed by his tongue. But as for what
one removes with the toothpick, it should be thrown away and one should wash
his mouth after using the toothpick. The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,
used to wipe clean his fingers saying: “The last portion of food is very much
blessed.” Moreover he licked his fingers until they became red. He did not wipe
his hand with a towel until he had licked his fingers one by one, saying that he
did not know in, which morsel of food was the blessing. When he finished he