During Ramadan, I've noticed that many people tend to drink glasses upon glasses of water at Sehri and then Iftar. Many times during Sehri, those who are fasting try to drink as much water as they can before Fajr. Whereas, during Iftar, those who are opening their fast drink glasses of water to get rid of their thirst. For this reason, I wanted to redirect you to the following Hadiths:
Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) used to breathe three times in the course of a drink (he used to drink in three gulps). [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
DO NOT BLOW IN YOUR DRINK:
Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) prohibited us blowing in the drinking water. A man said: "O Messenger of Allah! Sometimes I see some litter floating about on the surface. What should I do then?" He (peace be upon him) replied, "Pour them out." Then the man said: "My thirst is not quenched with one draught." Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, "Then put away the cup from your mouth (in between gulps), and take breath." [Tirmidhi]
AVOID DRINKING STANDING UP:
Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's apostle (peace be upon him) disapproved the drinking of water while standing up. [Sahih Muslim]
WHOEVER SERVES THE WATER SHOULD BE THE LAST TO DRINK:
Abu Qatadah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, "He who serves other with drinking water should be the last to drink himself." [Tirmidhi]
DO NOT DRINK WHILE LYING DOWN & DRINK WITH TWO HANDS:
It was narrated from 'Asim bin Muhammad bin Zaid bin 'Abdullah, from his father, that his grandfather said:
"The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade us to drink while (lying) on our bellies, lapping up water, and he forbade us to drink from one hand only. He said: 'None of you should lap up water as a does does, and he should not drink water from on hand has the people with whom Allah is angry do, and he should not drink from a vessel at night without stirring it first, unless the vessel was covered. Whoever drinks from his hand when he is able to drink from a vessel, with the intention of humility, Allah will record good deeds equivalent to the number of fingers for him. It (i.e., the hand) is the vessel of 'Eisa bin Maryam, (as) when he threw away the cup and said: 'Ugh! That belongs to this world."
All of these Hadith's allow one to be thankful (say Alhamdulillah) before and after drinking the water and allow us to take time to drink. Personally, I believe that the more Hadith one knows, the more they are able to follow what Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said. By doing so, we are doing more of what pleases Allah.
I pray that we are all able to follow the Hadiths' that I've mentioned above to the best of our abilities, Ameen!
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