Chosen Islamic Manners

*The scholars mention that one should not:

a. Look at the door, waiting for the food to come.

b. Eat food and make noises while gulping it down!

c. Put food in their mouth and then flick their fingers over the food plate.

d. Eat half a morsel and return the other half to the food plate.

e. Place a morsel into gravy until it is entirely soaked.

f. Split a chicken without experience… for one may squirt gravy on those sitting nearby.

g. Dry one's hands with a piece of bread and then eat the bread.

h. Blow in the food plate.

i. Instruct where each plate is to be placed on the table, so that he can sit in front of what he likes.

j. Pull all the pieces of bread towards himself,

k. Grab another piece of food before finishing the one in his mouth.
*When one is invited to have dinner, he should not only go for the sake of eating.
*When fruits are brought to the sitting place, some of it should be given to the children. Abu Hurairah () narrated that when the Messenger of Allah () was given fruit, he would say:

'Al'laahum'ma baarik lana fee madee'nat'e'naa wa fee the'ma-re'naa wa fee mud'de'naa wa fee sa'e'naa barakatan ma'a barakah.'⁴⁷

He would then give the youngest child a piece.

*The Prophet () loved eating meat, and the most beloved part of it to him was the shoulder.

Guidelines When Relieving One's self
*One should not relieve himself in three places. The Messenger of Allah () said:

'Stay away from the three actions their doers are cursed: Avoid relieving yourselves in paths that lead to water, in the middle of a path or in the shade.' (Abu Dawood)
Similar to this are places were people seek warmth in the winter.
*It is unlawful for one to urinate in stagnant water, for the Prophet () forbade that one urinate in stagnant water.⁴⁸
*If one wants to relieve himself in the open, he should distance himself from people and cover himself. It is related in the hadeeth of al-Mughirah b. Shu'bah that the Prophet () would go far away so that no one could see him and then relieved himself. (Bukhari & Muslim)
*One should not raise his garment until he is squatting, so that one's Awrah (private region) does not uncover. The Prophet () would do this, as is related in the hadeeth of Anas (). (Abu Dawood)
*It is blameworthy for one to enter the washroom with something with the Dhikr of Allah on it.
*It is prohibited for one to face the Qiblah or give it his back when he is relieving himself in the open; although, it is lawful if one is in a building. The Prophet () said: