Some Sunnahs of Eating – Part2

14.     Recite this dua after eating.

Trans: All praise is due to Allah who has granted us food and drink and has made us Muslims.

15.     First remove the cloth, then get up.

16.     Recite this dua while picking up the cloth.

Trans: All praise is due to Allah, such praise which is pure, full of blessings. O our Sustainer, we are not clearing away this food due to regarding it as sufficient (that we do not require anything more from you), nor in the manner of abandoning it, nor do we regard ourselves as not being in need of it.

17.     Wash both hands.

18.     Gargle the mouth.

19.     If you forget to recite at the beginning, recite

20.     When invited to partake of meals by someone, make this Dua for the host:

Trans: O Allah feed the one who fed me and grant him drink who gave me to drink.

21.     It is Sunnat to partake of some vinegar. That house in which vinegar is found will not be regarded as empty of gravy.

22.     If a person uses only wheat (to make his bread), he should also add a little barley so as to get the Thawaab (reward) of acting on a Sunnat.

23.     To eat meat is Sunnat. It is reported in a Hadith that the most superior food of this world and the hereafter is meat.

24.     To accept the invitation of one’s fellow Muslim is a Sunnat. (Abu Dawood) However if (the major portion of) his income is from interest, bribery or any other haraam source, then his invitation should not be accepted.

25.     It is Sunnat to give food to the family of the deceased.

Source: Pyare Nabi Ki Pyari Sunnatain

Author: Aarif Billah Shaykh Ul Arab Wal Ajam Hazrat e Aqdas Maulana Shah Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar Sahab Db