At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Global / Diaspora
- Review
Summary
Sheikh Omar Abdelkafy describes the etiquette of eating, including naming God at the start of the meal, and counts these among great Islamic etiquettes 1.
Naming God at the start of the meal
The speaker says the one who eats names God when he eats (needs_source: partly garbled) 1.
Other etiquettes
The speaker lists several etiquettes of eating, calls them great Islamic etiquettes, and says that some of them bring the one who observes them a reward; the detail is not complete in the transcript (needs_source) 2.
Not yet covered here
Jurists' rulings on the details of eating and drinking are not given here, and no other views are attributed in this text.
People and things also explored
Taj Mahal· Abawan (the two parents)· Justice among co-wives· Obstructing a marriage (adl): the guardian and the husband· Fleshy growth in the wife's womb and the right to annul (afal)· Ahl al-Nasab (the kin by descent, and who counts as kin in bequests and endowments)· Akdariyya (a named inheritance case)· Brother (full, paternal and maternal) in law
Sources
- Assabile archive of Omar Abdelkafy's lectures (audio and video) , Al Hoquq, episode 2, at 00:26:30 · Listen at the archive (opens the audio at this time)
- Assabile archive of Omar Abdelkafy's lectures (audio and video) , Al Hoquq, episode 2, at 00:27:00 · Listen at the archive (opens the audio at this time)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Etiquette of eating (adab al-akl)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/practice/adab-al-akl/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-25.