Collection: Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 24281

When any of you eats, he should eat with his right hand, and when he drinks, he should drink with his right hand, for the devil eats with his left hand and drinks with his left hand.

Sunan Abi Dawud 24279

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade two kinds of food: to sit at cloth on which wine is drunk, and to eat by a man while lying on his stomach. Abu Dawud said : Ja’far did not hear this tradition from al-Zuhri. His tradition is rejected.

Sunan Abi Dawud 24276

The Prophet(ﷺ) sent me(for some work), and when I returned to him found him eating dates and squatting.

Sunan Abi Dawud 24277

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When one of you eats, he must not eat from the top of the dish, but should eat from the bottom; for the blessing descends from the top of it.

Sunan Abi Dawud 24278

The Prophet (ﷺ) had a bowl called gharra’. It was carried by four persons. When the sun rose high, and they performed the forenoon prayer, the bowl in which tharid was prepared was brought, and the people gathered round it. When they were numerous, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Allah has made me a […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 24271

The devil considers the food when Allah’s name is not mentioned over it, and he brought his nomad Arab that it might be lawful by means of him, so I seized his hand: then he brought this girl that it might be lawful by means of her, so I seized her hand. By Him in […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 24272

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: When one of you eats, he should mention Allah’s name; if he forgets to mention Allah’s name at the beginning, he should say: “In the name of Allah at the beginning and at the end of it.”

Sunan Abi Dawud 24273

Umayyah was sitting and a man was eating. He did not mention Allah’s name until there remained the last morsel. When he raised it to his mouth, he said: In the name of Allah at the beginning and at the end of it. The Prophet (ﷺ) laughed and said: The devil kept eating along with […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 24275

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was never seen reclining while eating, nor walking with two men at his heels.