Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم came out from the privy and was presented to him. They (the people) asked: Should we bring you water for ablution? He replied: I have been commanded to perform ablution when I get up for prayer.
Read More..Narrated Salman al-Farsi: I read in the Torah that the blessing of food consists in ablution before it. So I mentioned it to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. He said: The blessing of food consists in ablution before it and ablution after it. Sufyan disapproved of performing ablution before taking food. Abu Dawud said: It is weak.
Read More..Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم came out from the valley of a mountain where he had eased himself. There were some dried dates on a shield before us. We called him and he ate with us. He did not touch water.
Read More..Abu Hurairah said: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم never expressed disapproval of food; if he desired it, he ate it, and if he disliked it, he left it alone.
Read More..Narrated Wahshi ibn Harb: The Companions of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم we eat but we are not satisfied. He said: Perhaps you eat separately. They replied: Yes. He said: If you gather together at your food and mention Allah's name, you will be blessed in it. Abu Dawud said: If you are invited to a wedding feast before you, do not take it until the owner of the house (i. e. the host) allows you (to eat).
Read More..Jabir bin Abdullah said that he heard the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم say: When a man enters his house and mention Allah’s name on entering and on his food, the devil says: You have no place to spend the night and no evening meal; but when he enters without mentioning Allah’s name on entering, the devil says: You have found a place to spend the night, and when he does not mention Allah’s name at his food, he says: You have found a place to spend the night and an evening meal.
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