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Sunnahs of Eating:

x        Sit and eat on the floor.
x         Spread out a cloth on the floor first before eating.
x         Wash both hands up to the wrists.
x         Recite “Bismillah wa’la barakatillah’ aloud.
x         Eat with the right hand.
x         Eat from the side that is in front of you.
x         If a morsel of food falls down, pick it up, clean it and eat it.
x         Do not lean and eat.
x         Do not find fault with the food.
x         Remove your shoes before eating.
x         When eating, sit with either both knees on the ground or one knee raised or both knees raised.
x         Clean the plate and other utensils thoroughly after eating..
x         By doing this, the utensils make dua for one’s      
         forgiveness.
x         Recite dua after eating.
x         First remove the food then get up.
x         After meals wash both the hands.
x         Thereafter gargle the mouth.
x         Whilst eating one should remain completely silent.
x         Eat with three fingers if possible.
x         One should not eat very hot food.
x         Do not blow on the food.
x         After eating one should lick his fingers.