Riyāḍ uṣ-Ṣāliḥīn · Chapter 114 of 372
Permission to Drink while in a standing Posture
The Book About the Etiquette of Eating – Chapter 114 : Ahadith 767 – 772
Imam Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (d. 676 AH)
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767 Ibn `Abbas (radiyallahu anhuma) reported: I served Messenger of Allah ﷺ Zamzam water to drink and he drank it while he was standing.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
768 An-Nazzal bin Sabrah (radiyallahu anhu) reported: `Ali bin Abu Talib (radiyallahu anhu) arrived at Bab Ar-Rahbah (in Kufah) and drank water in a standing posture. Then he said: “I saw Messenger of Allah ﷺ doing what you have seen me doing.”[Al-Bukhari].
769 Ibn `Umar (radiyallahu anhuma) reported: During the lifetime of Messenger of Allah ﷺ we would eat while walking and would drink while standing.[At-Tirmidhi].
770 `Amr bin Shu`aib on the authority of his father and grandfather reported: that they saw Messenger of Allah ﷺ drink standing, and sitting.[At-Tirmidhi].
The last three Ahadith point out the permissibility of eating and drinking while walking or standing or sitting, but drinking in the sitting position remains the best.
771 Anas (radiyallahu anhu) reported: The Prophet ﷺ forbade us from drinking while standing. Qatadah reported: “We asked him: `What about eating?”’ He said: “That is even worse, (or may be he said) more detestable.”
Another narration is: Messenger of Allah ﷺ reprimanded us for drinking while standing.[Muslim].
772 Abu Hurairah (radiyallahu anhu) reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “None of you should drink standing; and if any one forgets, he must vomit.”[Muslim].