Table Manners

 

Narrated Anas bin Malik (radi Allahu anhu): "Milk mixed with water was brought to Allah's Messenger (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) while a bedouin was on his right and Abu Bakr (radi Allahu anhu) was on his left. He drank (of it) and then gave (it) to the bedouin and said, 'The right. The right (first).'" [Sahih Bukhari]

Commentary: These are simple table manners that will pave our way to Jannah, insha'Allah. Table manners are first and foremost those taught to us by Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam). After that, and not in contradiction to them, other cultural norms may be followed. Muslims pass first to the right.

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