Etiquette of Eating
63 questions
Is it permissible to speak with girls in a mixed-gender university setting about general topics that do not exceed the bounds of etiquette and Islam, and to have lunch with a female colleague without ill intention, based on the principle that necessity dictates the extent of permissible speech?
I would like to ask about the Sunnahs of drinking.
What is the explanation of the Hadith: "O young boy, say Bismillah, eat with your right hand, and eat from what is in front of you"?
Is it forbidden for a child to throw food on the floor—with the aim of teaching him to eat independently—if his parents instruct him to do so?
Are there any hadiths that prohibit looking at or counting food, based on the belief that doing so diminishes its blessing, such as the hadith mentioned by Lady Aisha?
How do we reconcile the Prophetic prohibition of drinking while standing, and the scientific confirmation of its harm, with the fact that it is not forbidden by Sharia but merely deemed reprehensible (makruh), knowing the principle of "no harm and no causing of harm"?
Have there been Prophetic narrations concerning speaking during meals, and is the Hadith: "Speak during meals, even if it is about your weapons" authentic?
What is the ruling on running over bread with a car to break it up and feed it to sheep?
Does the woman who throws away spoiled food from her own cooking or from restaurants, after leaving it in the refrigerator until it rots, bear a sin for doing so? Is her action of placing it in a bag outside the trash can correct? Does she bear a sin for leaving behind bread crumbs and rice grains that cannot be gathered? And is she sinful for leaving a piece of bread on the ground out of embarrassment to pick it up in front of men?
How can one care for and raise a family during the the holy month of Ramadan?
Did the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, forbid eating hot food?
What is the ruling on combining two dates in one bite?
How can the blessing that descends upon the middle of the food be reconciled with the prohibition against eating from its middle and the command to eat from its sides?
Is the understanding that taking three breaths while drinking means taking a sip then breathing outside the vessel, then a sip then breathing, and so on three times, a correct understanding?
How authentic is the Hadith attributed to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him): "Whoever picks up a morsel of food that fell from him onto the ground while eating, Allah will grant him very wonderful children"? And if it is authentic, what is the connection between picking up food and wonderful children?