Riyāḍ uṣ-Ṣāliḥīn · Chapter 107 of 372
Eating from the Side of the Vessel
The Book About the Etiquette of Eating – Chapter 107 : Ahadith 744 – 745
Imam Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (d. 676 AH)
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744 Ibn `Abbas (radiyallahu anhuma) reported: The Prophet ﷺ said, “Blessing descends upon food in its middle, so eat from the sides of the vessel and do not eat from its middle.”[At-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud].
745 `Abdullah bin Busr (radiyallahu anhu) reported: The Prophet ﷺ had a large bowl called Al-Gharra’, which would be carried by four men. One day, when the Companions finished their Duha (forenoon optional) prayer, Al-Gharra’ was brought full of sopped bread, meat and broth, and they sat down around it. When their number increased, Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat down on his knees and rested on the soles of his feet. A bedouin said to him: “What sort of sitting is that?” Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Verily, Allah has made me a courteous slave not a fierce tyrant.” Then he said, “Eat from the sides of the bowl and leave the central part of it so that your food will be blessed.”[Abu Dawud].