Food, Drink & Dietary Laws

Sunan Abi Dawud

Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah)

‘Ali asked for water and he drank it while standing. He then said: some people disapprove of doing this (drinking while standing ), but I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) doing as I have done.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah)

The apostle of allah (ﷺ) forbade drinking from the mouth of a water-skin, and riding the animal which feeds on filth and eating the animal which is killed in confinement. Abu Dawud said: Jallalah means an animal which eats filth...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited drinking by inverting the heads of skin vessels.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah)

Invert the head of the vessel and he drank from its mouth.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah)

The apostle of Allah (ﷺ) forbade drinking from the broken place (of a cup) and blowing into a drink.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah)

Whan Hudhaifah was in al-Mada’in, he asked for water. A peasant brought him a silver vessel. He threw it away and said: I threw it away, for I prohibited (him) but he did not stop. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah)

The Prophet (ﷺ) went to visit a man of the Ansar accompanied by one of his Companions who was watering his garden. The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said: If you have any water which has remained over night in a skin...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The supplier of the people is the last (man) to drink.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah)

The Prophet (ﷺ) was brought milk that was mixed with water. A nomad Arab was on his right and Abu Bakr was on his left. He himself drank and gave it to the nomad Arab, and said: He who is...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah)

when the prophet (ﷺ) drank, he used to breathe three times in the course of a drink and say : It is more whole some ,thrist-quenching and healthier.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade blowing or breathing into a vessel.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to my father and he was a guest with him. He offered food to him and brought hais. He then brought a drink which he drank and he gave it to the one on...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah)

I was in the house of Maymunah. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) accompanied by Khalid ibn al-Walid entered. Two roasted long-tailed lizards (dabb) placed on the sticks were brought to him. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) spat. Khalid said: I...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah)

Shut your door and make mention of Allah's name, for the devil does not open a door which has been shut; extinguish your lamp and make mention of Allah's name, cover up your vessel even by a piece of wood...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah)

Jabir b.’Abd Allah reported the Prophet (ﷺ)as saying this version is not complete ‘’for the devil does not open a shut door, or loosen a water-skin, or uncover a vessel, for a mouse sets a house on fire over its...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah)

Gather your children when darkness spreads, or in the evening (according to Musaddad), for the jinn are abroad and seize them.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah)

We were with Prophet (ﷺ) and he asked for something to drink. A man from the company asked: Should we not give you nabidh (drink made from dates) to drink ? He replied : Yes . The man went quickly...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah)

The water from as-Suqya' was considered sweetest by the Prophet (ﷺ). Qutaybah said: it was a well on two days' journey from Medina.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Foods (Kitab Al-At'imah)

when one of you is invited for a wedding feast, he must attend it.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Foods (Kitab Al-At'imah)

If he is not fasting, he should eat, and if he is fasting, he should leave it.