Muslim (the Tabi'i) asked Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, whether it is permissible to drink water while standing. He replied: O nephew! I saw the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, tie the knee of his mount and make it sit down, and I was holding the reins of that mount, and I had placed my foot on the front leg of the mount. Some people from the Quraysh came and gathered around the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. A vessel of milk was brought to the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and he drank it while he was still on the mount. Then he handed it to the one who was on his right side and closest to him. The Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, also drank while standing, and the entire group also drank while standing.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade drinking water directly from the mouth of a water-skin, and also forbade eating the meat of an animal that had been killed as a target, and forbade the milk of a Jallalah (an animal that eats filth).

Syedna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade drinking water directly from the mouth of a water-skin. Ayub, the narrator, says: Someone told me that a man drank water from the mouth of a water-skin, and a snake came out from it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade bending the mouth of a water-skin upwards and drinking water from the inside.

Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entered the house of a woman from the Ansar. There was a hanging water-skin in her house. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned its mouth and drank water from it while standing.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that my mother, Sayyida Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her), told me that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to her, and there was a water-skin hanging in the house. He drank water from it while standing. I cut off the mouth of that water-skin and kept it with me.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade breathing into a vessel and blowing into it.

Ibn Mathna says: I was with Marwan when Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived there. Marwan said to him: Have you heard that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade breathing into the drinking vessel? He said: Yes. And a man had said: O Messenger of Allah! I am not satisfied with the water drunk in one breath. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: Then move the cup away from your mouth and breathe (and then drink again). He said: What if I see a straw in it? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then pour it out.

Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When any of you drinks water, he should not breathe into the vessel; when he enters the toilet, he should not clean himself with his right hand; and when he urinates, he should not touch his private part with his right hand.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to drink water from a vessel in three breaths, and Sayyiduna Anas would also drink water in three breaths.