The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) enjoins that Muslims should eat and drink with their right hand and forbade eating and drinking with their left hand. This is because the devil eats and drinks with the left hand.

• It is prohibited to imitate the devil in eating or drinking with the left hand.

1. Página inicial
2. Virtues and Manners
3. Shariah-approved Manners
4. Manners of Eating and Drinking
5. O Hadith

• A man ate with his left hand in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him), whereupon he said: "Eat with your right hand." The man said: I cannot do that. Thereupon, he said: "May you not be able to...
• Cover the vessels, fasten the waterskins, close the doors, and extinguish the lamps, for, indeed, the devil does not loosen waterskins, nor open doors, nor uncover vessels
• None of you should hold his penis with his right hand while urinating, nor wipe himself after answering the call of nature using his right hand, nor breathe into the vessel
• The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbade breathing into the pot or blowing into it