باب أدب الشرب واستحباب التنفس ثلاثاً خارج الإناء وكراهة التنفس في الإناء واستحباب إدارة الإناء على الأيمن فالأيمن بعد المبتدئ
Even something as ordinary as a drink of water becomes an act of worship when it follows the Prophet's way. This chapter gathers the small, deliberate habits he kept around drinking: pausing to breathe in two or three sips rather than gulping, opening with Bismillah and closing with Al-hamdu lillah, and never breathing back into the cup itself.
Watch too how the cup is passed. Whoever begins gets to choose, and then it moves to the right, even when an honoured elder or a leader sits on the other side. The lesson is gentleness and fairness woven into the most everyday moment, treating the body with care and the gathering with order.
Hadith 756
Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
عن أنس رضى الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كان يتنفس في الشراب ثلاثاً.((متفق عليه))
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to breathe three times in the course of a drink (he used to drink in three gulps). [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
In plain words
He would pause to breathe outside the cup, drinking in three sips rather than gulping all at once. A gentle, healthier way of drinking.
Reference : Riyad as-Salihin 756 In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 30
Hadith 757
Ibn 'Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:
وعن ابن عباس رضى الله عنهما قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: "لا تشربوا واحداً كشرب البعير، ولكن اشربوا مثنى وثلاث، وسموا إذا أنتم شربتم،واحمدوا إذا أنتم رفعتم" .((رواه الترمذي))
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Do not drink in one gulp like a camel, but in two or three (gulps). Mention the Name of Allah (i.e., say Bismillah) when you start drinking and praise Him (i.e., say Al-hamdu lillah) after you have finished (drinking)." [At- Tirmidhi].
In plain words
Do not gulp water down in one go like a camel, but drink in two or three sips, naming Allah at the start and praising Him at the end. Care for the body wrapped in remembrance.
Reference : Riyad as-Salihin 757 In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 31
Hadith 758
Abu Qatadah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
وعن أبى قتادة رضى الله عنه أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم نهى أن يتنفس في الإناء.((متفق عليه))
The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade breathing into the vessel while drinking. [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
In plain words
He forbade breathing into the drinking vessel. Breathe outside the cup to keep the water clean and pleasant.
Reference : Riyad as-Salihin 758 In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 32
Hadith 759
Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
وعن أنس رضى الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أتى بلبن قد شيب بماء، وعن يمينه أعرابي، وعن يساره أبو بكر رضى الله عنه ، فشرب، ثم أعطى الأعرابي وقال: "الأيمن فالأيمن" .((متفق عليه))
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." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
In plain words
He drank, then passed the cup to the person on his right, saying the right side has preference. Fairness and order in how a shared drink moves around.
Reference : Riyad as-Salihin 759 In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 33
Hadith 760
Sahl bin Sa'd (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
وعن سهل بن سعد رضى الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أتى بشراب، فشرب منه وعن يمينه غلام، وعن يساره أشياخ، فقال للغلام: "أتأذن لي أن أعطى هؤلاء.؟" فقال الغلام: لا والله ، لا أوثر بنصيبي منك أحدا، فتله رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في يده.((متفق عليه))
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. [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
In plain words
With a boy on his right and elders on his left, he asked the boy's permission before giving the rest to the elders, and the boy chose to keep his turn. The right-hand turn is the boy's own to give.
Reference : Riyad as-Salihin 760 In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 34