Question: Is there a hadith about the way to sit when eating food?
Answer: “There is. It is to sit erect upon the heels or to raise one foot and lay the other foot flat [and sit on it] taken from his statement (ﷺ):
إنما أنا عبد أكل كما يأكل العبد وأجلس كما يجلس العبد
Verily I am a servant. I eat like how a servant eats and I sit like how a servant sits”
[Graded Saheeh by Al-Albani in Saheeh Jami no. 7]
[Taken from Silsaltul Huda wa-nur no. 184 found here: https://www.alalbany.net/983 ]
Translated by
Faisal ibn Abdul Qaadir ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan
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Translator’s note:
Hafidh Ibn Hajr rahimahullah said:
“so the recommended way of sitting when eating is to be kneeling on the knees and [to sit] on the top part of his feet or to raise the right foot and sit on the left foot”
[Fath ul-Baari]
