Whenever any food or drink, even medicine, was brought before Hazrat Urwah bin Zubair, he would eat or drink it and say: All praise is due to that Lord who guided us, fed us, gave us drink, and bestowed blessings upon us. He is Allah, the Greatest. O Lord! Your blessing has come to us at a time when we were completely engaged in wrongdoing. We have entered the morning and evening well because of this blessing. If You will, complete this blessing for us and grant us the ability to be grateful. There is no goodness except Your goodness. There is no true deity except You. O Lord of the righteous and Sustainer of all the worlds, all praise is due to Allah. There is no true deity except Him. Whatever Allah wills, happens. No one has any power except through Allah. O Allah, bless our sustenance and save us from the punishment of Hell.

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked: What is the ruling if a woman eats food with a non-mahram man or with her slave? He replied: There is nothing objectionable in it as long as it is in accordance with dignity (i.e., in a manner that is appropriate for that woman), and that is when there are other people present in that place. And he said: A woman also eats with her husband, sometimes with others whom the husband feeds, sometimes with her brother, and it is disliked for a woman to be alone with a non-mahram.