The Four Tokens Of Wisdom

(Excerpted from Futuwat namah by Khwaja Husayn Wa’iz Kashifi Sabzawari An Naqshbandi Translated by M. Nur Abdussalam)

If asked: What are the seven cautions? Say:

1.      Not to express dissatisfaction with the food even it is badly cooked.
2.      Not to eat until you have enquired about the source of the food.
3.      Not to eat alone, for the Prophet said: [The worst of men is he who eats by himself.]
4.      To share the contents of one’s bowl with the others, for grace lies in company.
5.      Not to eat the food of pride; that is, the food prepared by someone for fame and renown.
6.      To abstain from the food of mourning, for perhaps and orphan or an absent heir has the right to it.
7.      To content oneself with one kind of food (among those offered).