Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that one day we were with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and food was presented before him. I have not seen any food that was more blessed at the beginning than it, but at the end, I have not seen any food with less blessing than it. We asked: O Messenger of Allah! How is this? He replied: The reason is that when we began eating it, we mentioned the name of Allah Almighty, but later those who sat down to eat did not say Bismillah, so Satan sat with them.

Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was eating food with six of his companions when a Bedouin came and finished the food in two bites. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If he had recited Bismillah before eating, this food would have sufficed for all of you. When any of you eats food, he should recite Bismillah, and if he forgets to recite Bismillah at the beginning, he should say: Bismillahi awwalahu wa akhirahu.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade drinking water while standing. I asked: And eating? He said: That matter would be even more severe.

Sayyiduna Abu Juhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I do not eat while reclining.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was given a gift of dates. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began to distribute them with the help of a basket, and I was acting as an intermediary. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) finished distributing, he ate some dates, while he was sitting with his shins raised and his back resting on the ground, and he was eating the dates quickly. I sensed that he was hungry.

(Second chain) It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me for a task. When I returned, he was reclining with his shins raised and his back on the ground, eating dates.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abi Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whenever any of you eats, he should not eat with his left hand, and whenever he drinks water, he should not drink with his left hand, and when he holds something, he should not hold it with his left hand, and when he gives something to someone, he should not give it with his left hand.

Narrated by Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: None of you should ever eat or drink with his left hand, for indeed Satan eats and drinks with his left hand. And never take or give anything with the left hand.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade a person from eating and drinking with the left hand.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Muhammad narrates from a woman of his tribe, she says: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me and I was eating with my left hand, as I was a woman who used to work with her left hand. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) struck my hand and my morsel fell, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do not eat with your left hand when Allah Almighty has given you a right hand, or he said that Allah Almighty has made your right hand sound. So my left hand turned into my right hand (i.e., I easily started eating with my right hand), she says: After that, I never ate with my left hand again.