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Allah be pleased with them) said: “The food is lesser than to swear upon it.”
The Fourth: They should not put their companions in a situation to ask him to
eat. Some have said: “The best of those who eat are the ones who do not force
their companions to watch him eating, and then burden them by asking them to
eat.” I.e. This means when the food is served one should eat without expecting
repeated invitations.
The Fifth: They should wash their hands and if one is eating alone, one may spit
out the water, but if there are people eating together one should not do that.
The Sixth: They should not stare at one another while eating, otherwise they will
feel shy, and one should direct one‟s gaze away, and should not stop eating
before one‟s guests, so that they would not be shy to continue. One should
continue taking little by little until the guests have had enough.
The Seventh: One should not do anything, which the others will be offended by,
or regard as dirty, such as flicking one‟s hands over the food, or putting his face
into the dish. One should not dip a large soft piece of bread into the dish, and the
The Fourth: They should not put their companions in a situation to ask him to
eat. Some have said: “The best of those who eat are the ones who do not force
their companions to watch him eating, and then burden them by asking them to
eat.” I.e. This means when the food is served one should eat without expecting
repeated invitations.
The Fifth: They should wash their hands and if one is eating alone, one may spit
out the water, but if there are people eating together one should not do that.
The Sixth: They should not stare at one another while eating, otherwise they will
feel shy, and one should direct one‟s gaze away, and should not stop eating
before one‟s guests, so that they would not be shy to continue. One should
continue taking little by little until the guests have had enough.
The Seventh: One should not do anything, which the others will be offended by,
or regard as dirty, such as flicking one‟s hands over the food, or putting his face
into the dish. One should not dip a large soft piece of bread into the dish, and the