How the Prophet(S.A.W.) drank ?
THE SUNNAH OF HUZOOR AQDAS SALLALLAHU ALAYHI WASALLAM IN DRINKING
1. When Huzoor Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam drank water, he would sip it silently. He never drank in loud gulps.
1. When Huzoor Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam drank water, he would sip it silently. He never drank in loud gulps.
2. Huzoor Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam was very fond of clear sweet water. He used to have drinking water brought from as far away as two days journey.
3. Of all the Ummahatul Mu’mineen, Huzoor Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam was especially fond of Hazrat Ayesha(R.A.), and he liked to drink from the same cup and to put his mubarak lips to the same part of the cup as she had drunk from.
4. Of all liquids, Huzoor Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam used to like milk the most.
5. Sometimes Huzoor Sallahu Alayhi Wasallam would drink milk on its own and sometimes he would add cold water to it.
6. Sometimes Huzoor Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam would drink water directly from a water-skin or bucket.
7. Whenever Huzoor Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam had any drink served in a majlis, he would give instructions that the guests be served in order of age, starting with the eldest.
8. When any drink was being served in a gathering, then each time the jug returned for refilling, Huzoor Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam would see that the round carried on from the same person where they had left off.
9. Whenever Huzoor Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam served any drink to his guest, he himself would only drink after everyone else had been served and he had said that the one who serves the drink should drink last.
10. Huzoor Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam would get drinking water from the same places as the general Muslims got their water,such as rivers, streams, reservoirs, so as to acquire the barkat of the hands of the ordinary Muslims.
11. Huzoor Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam used to drink water from glassware, earthenware, copper and wooden cups.
12 Huzoor Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam often drank barley sattu(sattu is made of finely ground cooked flour mixed with water).
13. Once Huzoor Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam was offered sattu made of ground almonds. He refused it saying that, that was the drink of the rich.
14. Huzoor Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam did not drink milk mixed with honey, and he would say: “What! Two dishes in one bowl? “, meaning that how can you be so extravagant.
15. Huzoor Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam used to drink while sitting down,and in three breaths(sips).Each time he put the cup to his mubarak lips,he would say “Bismillah”,and each time he took it away,he would say “Alhamdulillah”,and on the third time he would add “Wa-shukru-lillah”.
Courtesy: www.everymuslim.co.za
