Daily Life and Etiquette

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "The food of two persons suffices for three persons, and the food of three persons suffices for four persons."

Jabir bin 'Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "The food of one person suffices for two, the food of two persons suffices for four persons, and the food of four persons suffices for eight persons."

Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to breathe three times in the course of a drink (he used to drink in three gulps).

Abu Qatadah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade breathing into the vessel while drinking..

Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Milk mixed with water was brought to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). On his right side was sitting a bedouin and on his left was sitting Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him). He (ﷺ) drank from it and handed the rest to the bedouin saying, "One who is on the right has preference, then again the one who is on the right."

Sahl bin Sa'd (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: A drink was brought to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he drank (some) from it. On his right was a boy and on his left were some elderly people. He (ﷺ) said to the boy, "Would you permit me to give rest of this drink to these on my left?" The boy said: "O Messenger of Allah, I would certainly not give preference to anyone in anything that might come to me from you." So he (ﷺ) handed over the rest of the drink to him..

Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade turning the water-skin upside down and drinking directly from its mouth.

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited drinking directly out of the mouth of a water- skin..

Ibn 'Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: I served the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) Zamzam water to drink and he drank it while he was standing.

An-Nazzal bin Sabrah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: 'Ali bin Abu Talib (May Allah be pleased with him) arrived at Bab Ar-Rahbah (in Kufah) and drank water in a standing posture. Then he said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) doing what you have seen me doing."

Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade us from drinking while standing. Qatadah reported: "We asked him: 'What about eating?"' He said: "That is even worse, (or may be he said) more detestable."Another narration is: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) reprimanded .

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "None of you should drink standing; and if any one forgets, he must vomit."

Anas bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Once the time for As-Salat (the prayer) approached. Those whose houses were near, went to their houses (to perform Wudu') while some of the people remained with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). A stone (containing some water) bowl was brought for him. It was too small for him to spread his hand over it. He performed his Wudu' and it (the water) sufficed for all the others also. Anas was asked: "How many of you were present there?" He said: "Eighty or more." . This is Al-Bukhari's version. In Muslim's version "'that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) called for a container of water so he was given a vessel that had some water.' Anas said 'Then I started looking at the water spouting from his fingers. Then I estimated (the persons) and they were between seventy and eighty.'"

'Abdullah bin Zaid (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) visited us and we brought water for him in a brass vessel for his ablution and he performed ablution..

Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) visited the house of a man of the Ansar with one of his Companions and said to him, "If you have some water in the water-skin left over from last night, give it to us for drinking; otherwise, we shall drink from some stream directly."

Hudhaifah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited us from wearing brocade or silk and drinking out of gold or silver vessels and said, "These are meant for them (disbelievers) in this world and for you in the Hereafter."

Umm Salamah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "He who drinks from the vessel of silver kindles the Fire (of Hell) in his belly.".A narration in Muslim is: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Surely, he who eats or drinks in gold and silver vessels fills his belly with Hell-fire."

Bara' (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was of medium stature. I saw him wearing a red mantle. I have never seen anything more graceful than that..

Abu Juhaifah Wahb bin 'Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) by Al-Abtah valley in Makkah, in a red tent made from tanned skin. Bilal brought him ablution water. Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out wearing a red mantle; and I can still remember looking at whiteness of his shanks. So he made his ablution, and Bilal (ﷺ) pronounced the call for prayer (Adhan). I kept following the movement of his (Bilal's) face to the right and to the left when he recited: 'Come to the prayer; come to the success.' Then a spear was fixed (as a Sutrah) in front of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) who then stepped forward and led the prayer. Dogs and donkeys passed in front of him (beyond the spear) and no one prevented them from doing so..

Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered Makkah on the day of its conquest and he was wearing a black turban..