The Rules for Drinking Water

(Excerpted from Futuwat namah by Mullah Husayn Wa’iz Kashifi Sabzawari An Naqshbandi Translated by J.R. Crook, Phd, Part Five: Chapter 36, p. 227 )

It is related from Zayn al-Abidin that whenever he drank, he cursed the slayer of Husayn.  When asked about it, he said: "When in the desert of Karbala, my father (Husayn ibn Ali)  advised me to remember his thirst and curse his murderer whenever I drank."

"If asked: What are the six practices of the Prophet (regarding the drinking of water)? Say:
1. To drink the water in three draughts.
2. To remove the cup from the lips after each draught.
3. Not to breathe or blow into the vessel.
4. To drink sitting, though to drink standing is also permissible, however, sitting is to be preferred.
5. To commence drinking invoking the name of God.
6. To praise God after finishing.

 

 
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