Eating and drinking from chipped utensils
Q: We noticed slight chips on our teacup and saucer and dinner plate. Is it permissible to use these dishes?
Etiquettes
Covering food items at night
Q: What is the ruling regarding covering of food. Does fruit in a fruit bowl need to be covered? Does a container with food in it need to be covered further?
Cleaning the utensils with one's finger after eating
Q: Is the statement below correct:
UTENSIL SEEKS FORGIVENESS
It was the practice of Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) that after eating he would lick the utensil clean with his finger and not leave behind even a tiny speck of food and drink. He would even lick his fingers clean of any food particles. Rasulullaah Salallahu Alayhi Wasallam ordered his followers to also do the same, as has been mentioned in many Ahadith. In fact, great virtues have been mentioned for this.
In a narration of Tirmizi it has been mentioned that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said: "The one who eats in a plate, then licks it clean (with his finger), the utensil seeks forgiveness for him."
In another narration it is mentioned that the utensil prays for him in the words: " May Allah free you from the fire as you have freed me from shaitaan (by not leaving any food behind for shaitaan)" (Mishkaat).
One should therefore always wipe the utensil clean and not leave behind anything for shaitaan.
Eating while seated at a table
Q:
1. Is it sinful to eat seated at a table?
2. Is it Sunnah Muakkadah to eat from a cloth spread on the ground?
Eating haleem in Ramadhaan
Q: What is the Deeni status of eating haleem, especially so in the month of Ramadaan? A lay person told me that it is a Sunnah.
Peeling a banana
Q: Is there a sunnah way of eating/peeling a banana? If yes, please send the hadith along with the answers.
Food touching the moustache
Q: I know the moustache should be trimmed for men but is it true that any food that touches it becomes makrooh?
Consuming left over food of the wife
Q: I want to know according to Hadith and Qur'an if a husband can eat wife's (half eaten or partially eaten or drunk) food or liquid?
Leaving dirty dishes open at night
Q: Is it OK to leave dirty dishes in the open at night? Also the bread that comes in its own bag left out at night?
Sitting on the Dastarkhaan
Q: When having meals, is it fine to have the food and utensils placed on a sheet, whilst we sit on the carpet? Or is it necessary for there to be a sheet for the food and utensils and a separate sheet to sit on?