The Ten Rules Of Etiquette

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

If asked: What are the ten rules of etiquette? Say:

1.      To sit on the left foot, as the Prophet usually did whilst eating.
2.      To eat from what is in front of you.
3.      Not to look at what others are eating.
4.      To drink from the side of the bowl.
5.      To eat with three fingers.
6.      To lick the fingers.
7.      To either clean the bowl of leave something in it, as has been said: [They either left (something) or cleaned it.].
8.      To pick up food which falls from the hands.
9.      Not to recline while eating.
10.  To wash the hands after eating.