Sunnah of Eating - Revive Sunnah - Read & Act

1. To wash both the hands before and after meals. (Sunan Abi Dawud Hadtith3755)

2. To sit on the floor.

3. To sit in one of the following three postures;

a) In the Tashahhud position (like in Salaat),
b) Same as above with the right knee raised, and
c) In the squatting posture

4. To eat with the fingers (thumb, index and middle fingers).
5. To take the name of Allah before eating.

‘In the Name of Allaah.’

…and if you forget to say it before starting, then you should say (when you remember):

  ‘In the Name of Allaah in it’s beginning and end.’

6. To eat with the right hand.

7. To eat from the closest part of the plate and not from the middle.

8. As far as possible, to eat collectively from one plate.

9. To clean every bit of food left on the plate and to lick the fingers before washing them.

10. To recite the various Masnoon du’aas after meals. including:

‘All praise is for Allaah who fed me this and provided it for me without any might nor power from myself.’

‘Allaah be praised with an abundant beautiful blessed praise, a never-ending praise, a praise which we will never bid farewell to and an indispensable praise, He is our Lord.’