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Introduction
Eating and drinking are among the basic
requirement of a person’s life. Body works as a
driving force for the soul. One has to eat properly;
otherwise disorder will occur in the body which
eventually disturbs body itself and mind.
The holy Quran in states that:

“O children of Adam! attend to your embellishments at
every time of prayer, and eat and drink and be not
extravagant; surely He does not love the extravagant”.
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It is clearly indicated that one should eat less and
not to waste food. The prophets and saints have
always kept their food intake at low level and had
correct approach to eating. They ensured to have right
and optimal level of eating to have better body’s
wellbeing and to bring their soul to perfection.
It is necessary to study the eating and drinking
habits of Prophet Mohammad (saww) for better health
and physical appearance. Considering the vast
amount of hadith from Prophet Mohammad (saww)
about the etiquette of drinking and eating, we find
answers to when, why and how did he eat, what
type of food, and with whom he used to eat?
The answers to these will be followed in the
below discussions.

1. Surah Al-A’raf, Verse 31.