I'm Wet in my Belly?

[Peaceful661]

This article covers some of the sunnahs of drinking:
1. Water and other halaal liquids should be consumed with the right hand. This is because Shaytaan (the devil) uses the left hand for eating and drinking.

2. To drink in 3 sips.

3. To recite Bismillah (In the name of Allah) beofre drinking and Alhamdulillah (All praise be to Allah) after drinking.

4. Don't blow into any hot liquid to cool it.

5. You should sit and drink. Nabi S.A.W. has prohibited us from standing and drinking.

6. There are exceptions to this - You should stand and drink zam-zam water and water left over after performing wudhu.

7. To soak dates or grapes in water at night and then drink this mixture in the morning. However, if this mixyure has become fermented due to excessive heat, drinking it is no longer permissible.

8. To read the dua before and after drinking water.


10. To use water that has been kept overnight for drinking the next day, provided that it has been kept covered.

11. You should not drink from a big container, like a jug or a large bottle. It's better to pour some into a glass and then drink from it.

13. Muslims cannot drink in gold or silver utensils.

14. Drinking water after meals in not a Sunnah practice of Nabi S.A.W. especially if the water is hot or cold.

 

[sliver]

"4. Don't blow into any hot liquid to cool it."


Well that doesn't make any sense. How do you expect someone to cool it down quickly and manually

 

[sliver]

"14. Drinking water after meals in not a Sunnah practice of Nabi S.A.W. especially if the water is hot or cold."

I don't know what to say about this one but a detailed explanation would be nice. Thanks

 

[Tabassum07]

It's strange but I've seen a lot of muslims drink while standing. I was always taught to be seated whilst drinking. But I saw a fatwa on IslamQA that its not necessary to sit when drinking.

So some clarification on this would be great.

 

[BrotherInIslam7]

"4. Don't blow into any hot liquid to cool it."


Well that doesn't make any sense. How do you expect someone to cool it down quickly and manually

Salaamalaykum waa rahmatullahi,

Please read this fatwa...

Praise be to Allaah.

In Islam, it is prohibited to breathe into the vessel and to blow into one’s drink.

It was narrated from Abu Qataadah (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) breathing into the vessel. Narrated by al-Bukhaari (5630) and Muslim (267).

What is meant is that it is forbidden to blow onto whatever is in the vessel of food or drink.

Al-Shawkaani said in Nayl al-Awtaar (8/221):

Vessel includes vessels for both food and drink. End quote.

Al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in Fath al-Baari (10/92):

There are a number of ahaadeeth which forbid blowing into the vessel; it is also forbidden to breathe into the vessel, because that may result in some change due to the breathing, either because the breather’s mouth has a certain smell because of food for example, or because he has not used the miswak or rinsed his mouth for a long time, or because breathing brings out some vapours from the stomach. In all these cases blowing is even worse than merely breathing. End quote.

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said in Sharh Riyadh al-Saaliheen (2/454):

The wisdom behind that is that breathing into the vessel is off putting to the one who is going to drink from it after him. Some diseases from the stomach, lungs or mouth may be expelled with the breath and stick to the vessel, or he may choke if he breathes into the vessel. Hence the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade breathing into vessels; rather one should take three breaths, holding the vessel away from the mouth each time. End quote.

It was narrated from Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade blowing into one's drink. Narrated by al-Tirmidhi (1887) who said: a saheeh hasan hadeeth. It was also classed as saheeh by Ibn al-Qayyim in I’laam al-Muwaqqi’een (4/317).

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in Sharh Riyadh al-Saaliheen (2/457):

That is because if a person blows (into the vessel), some harmful things may come with the air that is exhaled, such as disease and the like. But some of the scholars made an exception in cases of necessity, such as if the drink is hot and he needs to drink it quickly. In that case some scholars granted a concession. But it is better not to blow on it, even if it is hot. If it is hot and he has another vessel, then he may pour some of it into that vessel then pour it back until it cools down. End quote.

Once the reason for the prohibition on blowing or breathing into the vessel was understood, the scholars drew an analogy with everything that may lead to contamination of food and drink.

Al-Shawkaani said in Nayl al-Awtaar (8/221):

Just as one should not breathe into the vessel, one should not burp into it either. End quote.

With regard to the ruling on smelling food or drink, if smelling the food or drink is done in such a way that the breath coming from the nose will come on the food then it is not allowed in this case. But if none of the breath will come on it, rather the person only wants to know what this food smells like so that he can know what it is, then there is nothing wrong with that. But when the mouth is brought too near to food or drink, that is usually accompanied by some of the breath that is exhaled from the nose. Hence some of the fuqaha’ regarded it as makrooh to smell food.

It says in Radd al-Muhtaar, which is a Hanafi book (6/340):

Food should not be eaten when it is hot, and it should not be smelled. End quote.

It says something similar in Mughni al-Muhtaaj (4/412), which is a Shaafa’i book.

But if a person wants to smell the steam coming from food from a distance, because of a need to do so and he is keen to ensure that none of his breath reaches the food or drink, then there is no reservation concerning that, in sha Allaah..

The Muslim should think about how keen Islam is to teach the Muslim all the etiquettes of living, even with regard to his food and drink. He should ponder how many of the books of our fuqaha’ (may Allaah have mercy on them) deal with etiquette and cleanliness, then let him see if there is any religion or line of thought which brought such sublime teachings as our religion did. Praise be to Allaah the Lord of the Worlds.

And Allaah knows best.

Link : http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/111981/

 

[Peaceful661]

Salaamalaykum waa rahmatullahi,

Please read this fatwa...



Link : http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/111981/

Excellent explanation brother.

As far as sitting is concerned then it is an order from holy Prophet(saws) and it even has a scientific background. Doctors even recommend to sit and drink because by sitting and drinking the water reaches both of the kidneys whereas if we stand and drink then it only reaches one of the kidneys. Therefore sitting while drinking is much better for the health of both kidneys.

Wassalam.

 

[dna1987]

Excellent explanation brother.

As far as sitting is concerned then it is an order from holy Prophet(saws) and it even has a scientific background. Doctors even recommend to sit and drink because by sitting and drinking the water reaches both of the kidneys whereas if we stand and drink then it only reaches one of the kidneys. Therefore sitting while drinking is much better for the health of both kidneys.

Wassalam.

This makes no sense at all. Today, conclusions in medicine are based on evidence based research, not just on one person's claim.

Assalam alaikum.

 

[sliver]

This makes no sense at all. Today, conclusions in medicine are based on evidence based research, not just on one person's claim.

Assalam alaikum.

Same here I was expecting evidence not opinions and claims. Thanks to the poster for the explanation made total sense.

 

[fatima1994]

Jzakallah khair fr the post.