Food and drink · Something to leave
Don't criticize food
- The practice
- Eat food you like and quietly leave what you dislike, without criticizing it
- When
- When served food
- In daily life
- Too salty, or just not your thing? Leave it quietly on the side of your plate and skip the comment, even in the family WhatsApp group. Thank whoever cooked for the effort.
The source
مَا عَابَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم طَعَامًا قَطُّ، إِنِ اشْتَهَاهُ أَكَلَهُ، وَإِنْ كَرِهَهُ تَرَكَهُ.
“The Prophet ﷺ never criticized any food (he was invited to) but he used to eat if he liked the food, and leave it if he disliked it”Narrated by Abu HurairaSahih al-Bukhari 5409
The full hadith, with its chain and grading →Arabic: ara-bukhari · Translation: Muhsin Khan (eng-bukhari), from the eng-bukhari edition of hadith-api (public domain), sunnah.com numbering.
Part of: At the Table
More Sunnahs like this
Say Bismillah before eatingStart of every mealEat from what is nearest youEating from a shared dishDon't eat while recliningDuring mealsDrink in three breathsEach time you drinkPass drinks to the right firstServing or passing a drinkPick up a dropped bite and eat itWhen a bite of food falls while you eat
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Get early accessSources: Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and narrations of Jami at-Tirmidhi graded sahih or hasan sahih by al-Albani.