Eating something sweet after a meal
Q: Is it sunnah to eat something sweet after meal?
Etiquettes
Standing up and drinking milk
Q: Is it sunnah to stand up and drink milk?
Saying La ila illalah after washing utensils
Q: Do we need to say La ila illalah …… the Qalima three times after washing the utensils with soap? Is it necessary? Is there any Hadith in its favour.?
Using the left hand placing the right hand under the glass when drinking water
Q: While eating, right hand gets greasy, etc. Then most people feel dirty to take the glass with the right hand. Instead they would take it with left hand and right hand would assist by putting their hand under the glass. However, I feel that is just feeble excuse but we should still use right hand to drink. After all, we will wash the glasses anyway. Which is right way?
Picking up the crumbs from the table
Q: Someone told me that if I pick up the crumbs etc. from the table/dastarkhaan then one will get pious kids. Is this true? And does this appear in some Hadith or something?
Covering the Head when Eating
Q: Someone told me that the covering of the head when eating and going to the toilet is an etiquette and not a sunnah. Is this true? If it is true then by doing it in abundance, will it become bid'ah?
Picking up the fallen morsels of food from the dastarkhaan
Q: Is the food that has fallen on the dastarkhaan which we are encouraged to pick up and eat, the mahr for the hoors of Jannah? If not, then is there something to this effect in the riwaayaat?
Eating from Chipped or Broken Utensils
Q: What is the Shar'iee ruling regarding chipped or broken utensils and glasses? Are we permitted to eat and drink from them? Does barakah not enter the homes in which such utensils are kept?