Qatādah (53): "Let none of you breathe into the vessel (54)." On the authority of Ibn ʿUmar, he said: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: "When the dining table is set, let not a man rise until the table is removed, and let him not lift his hand—even if he is full—until the people have finished. Let him offer an excuse, for a man may make his companion feel shy, so he withdraws his hand, while he may still have a need for the food." All of these were narrated by Ibn Mājah (55).
Section: Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā said: "I said to Abū ʿAbd Allāh: 'Is it permissible to eat from a vessel, then wash one's hand in it?' He said: 'There is no harm.' It was said to Abū ʿAbd Allāh: 'What do you say regarding washing the hand with bran?' He said: 'No...'
(53) Recorded by al-Bukhārī, in: The Chapter of prohibiting cleansing oneself (istinjāʾ) with the right hand, from the Book of Ablution, and in: The Chapter of breathing into the vessel, from the Book of Drinks. Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1/50, 7/146. And Muslim, in: The Chapter of prohibiting cleansing oneself with the right hand, from the Book of Purification. Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1/225. It was also recorded by al-Tirmidhī, in: The Chapter of what has been said regarding the dislike of breathing into the vessel, from the Chapters of Drinks. ʿĀriḍat al-Aḥwadhī 8/81. And al-Nasāʾī, in: The Chapter of prohibiting cleansing oneself with the right hand, from the Book of Purification. Al-Mujtabā 39/1, 40. And Imām Aḥmad, in: Al-Musnad 4/383, 5/296, 309, 310, 311. (54) In (A), (B), and (M): "And no". (55) The first was recorded in: The Chapter of eating on a tray (khiwān) and a dining mat (sufrah), from the Book of Food, Sunan Ibn Mājah 2/1095. It was also recorded by al-Bukhārī, in: The Chapter of thin bread and eating on a tray and dining mat, and the Chapter of what the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) and his companions used to eat, from the Book of Food, and in: The Chapter of the virtue of poverty, from the Book of Hearts-softeners (Riqāq). Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 7/91, 97, 8/119. And al-Tirmidhī, in: The Chapter of what has been said regarding what the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) used to eat upon, from the Book of Food, and in: The Chapter of what has been said regarding the livelihood of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) and his family, from the Chapters of Asceticism (Zuhd). ʿĀriḍat al-Aḥwadhī 7/282, 9/216. And Imām Aḥmad, in: Al-Musnad 3/130. The second was recorded in: The Chapter of blowing into food, from the Book of Food, and in: The Chapter of blowing into drink, from the Book of Drinks. Sunan Ibn Mājah 2/1094, 1134. It was also recorded by Abū Dāwūd, in: The Chapter of blowing into drink and breathing into it, from the Book of Drinks. Sunan Abū Dāwūd 2/303. And al-Tirmidhī, in: The Chapter of what has been said regarding the dislike of blowing into drink, from the Chapters of Drinks. ʿĀriḍat al-Aḥwadhī 8/80. And Imām Aḥmad, in: Al-Musnad 1/309, 357. The third was recorded in: The Chapter of the prohibition against rising from food until it is removed..., from the Book of Food. Sunan Ibn Mājah 2/1096.
