When Served Food

When we’re invited or offered food, whether we eat a little or a lot, the Prophet ﷺ taught us not to leave without a heartfelt dua for the host. His words were full of gratitude and barakah — a sunnah that turns simple hospitality into a moment of prayer.

🍽️ Dua for the Host (When Offered or Served Food)

Arabic:

اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَهُمْ فِيمَا رَزَقْتَهُمْ، وَاغْفِرْ لَهُمْ، وَارْحَمْهُمْ

Transliteration:

Allāhumma bārik lahum fīmā razaqtahum, waghfir lahum, warḥamhum

Translation:

O Allah, bless them in what You have provided for them, forgive them, and have mercy on them.

Source:

(Sahih Muslim, 2042)

Virtue:

The Prophet ﷺ recited this dua after being served food by his companions. It carries three gifts: barakah (blessing) in their provision, maghfirah (forgiveness) for their sins, and rahmah (mercy) upon their hearts.

Explanation:

Gratitude in Islam isn’t just spoken — it’s prayed. This dua transforms a simple “thank you” into lasting goodness for the host. It reminds us that every act of kindness deserves a dua, and every meal shared is a chance to spread blessings.

When Offered Food

Sometimes we visit someone, and they kindly offer food, but we’re not hungry or unable to eat. Even then, the Prophet ﷺ didn’t let the moment pass without a prayer of kindness and blessing for the host.

🍽️  Dua for Someone Who Offers You Food but You Don’t Eat 

Arabic:

اللَّهُمَّ أَطْعِمْهُ مِمَّا أَطْعَمَنِي، وَاسْقِهِ مِمَّا سَقَانِي

Transliteration:

Allāhumma aṭ‘imhu mimmā aṭ‘amanī, wasqihi mimmā saqānī

Translation:

O Allah, feed him from what You have fed me, and give him drink from what You have given me.

Source:

(Sahih Muslim, 2044)

Virtue:

The Prophet ﷺ said this dua even when he only received an offer and didn’t eat, showing his constant habit of spreading barakah. When we pray for someone who feeds or serves us, we invite Allah’s generosity upon them — a dua that never goes unheard.

Explanation:

This sunnah reflects the Prophet’s ﷺ beautiful manners — always appreciative, always praying for others. A believer’s tongue is never silent after kindness; it responds with dua. Even a simple offer of food becomes a chance to earn reward.

Drinking Milk

 

When we drink milk, we rarely think beyond its taste or freshness. But the Prophet ﷺ looked deeper — he saw in it a complete blessing from Allah: nourishment, purity, and strength. Every sip became an act of gratitude and a reminder of Allah’s care.

🥛 Dua After Drinking Milk 

Arabic:

اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِيهِ، وَزِدْنَا مِنْهُ

Transliteration:

Allāhumma bārik lanā fīhi, wa zidnā minhu

Translation:

O Allah, bless it for us and increase it for us.

Source:

(Tirmidhi, 3455; Abu Dawood, 3730)

Virtue:

The Prophet ﷺ would recite this dua after drinking milk, and he did not recite it after any other drink. It shows his appreciation for this complete nourishment — food and drink in one — and his constant habit of seeking increase from Allah.

Explanation:

Gratitude brings increase. By saying this dua, we not only thank Allah for milk but also ask Him to expand His blessings in every part of our life. It’s a reminder that a believer’s tongue is always moist with shukr — no matter how simple the blessing may seem.

The Most Intelligent Person

Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, "The most intelligent person is the one who remembers death often." 

Explanation : If a person is thought to be very intelligent, yet fails exam after exam, soon all those around him/her will begin to think that he/she is not really very intelligent after all. To get through life with your faith intact, with good deeds, and with Allah’s pleasure as your greatest goal, is the biggest exam you will ever face. 

If you fail the exam of life you cannot call yourself intelligent, regardless of what else your “intelligence” allowed you to accumulate of education, wealth, fame or pleasure. These will all go to waste with your death, while you will still have to stand before your Lord and face the consequences for eternity. 

Your intelligence would have failed you if it didn’t give you the sense to properly attempt the biggest exam of your life. Such intelligence is cursed! In an examination hall if you start watching a movie, or discussing the score of a game, or pull out a lavish meal to eat, would you be considered sensible? No matter what your I.Q., you’d be considered mad. 

This life is one big exam. Are you busy answering the questions of what to believe and what to do or are you busy entertaining yourself? The time for enjoyment is later. Those who prepare and do well in the exam of life will be considered the intelligent ones for eternity. 

The people in Hell will say about themselves, "Had we but listened or used our intelligence, we should not (now) be among the Companions of the Blazing Fire!" [Al-Quran 67:10]

We are so engrossed in our various pursuits that the reality of death does not occur to us. Constant remembrance of death would keep us from getting easily distracted by the glittery entertainment beckoning from all directions, preventing us from seriously attempting the exam of life. Keeping death in mind would help us abstain from sin and motivate us to do good deeds without delay. 

The most intelligent person is the one who gives the exam of life his/her full attention, since there are no re-takes.

Sins...Part 5

201. To bury two bodies unnecessarily in one grave.

202. To offer the salaah of janaazah (bier, a corpse) in the masjid.

203. To offer salaah in front of a picture.

204. To offer salaah having pictures to either side.

205. To bow on the picture.

206. To use either silver or gold plates & utensils.

207. To kiss a corpse.

208. To precede unnecessarily in saluting a non-muslim( If a non-muslims salutes (says Salaam) then its reply should be 'wa-alaik" or "hada-kallah")

209. To stop any prayer (salaah).

210. To sit in the way (path) of people .

211. To sit at home instead of going to the Masjid after listening to the azan.

212. To eat more though the belly is filled (One may eat more for observing a fast or for giving company to a guest).

213. To eat without hunger ( Due to sickness, if one does not feel hungry, such a person can eat for keeping the energy).

214. To make a sign by hand instead of saying salaam (One can make a sign of salaam by hand to those who are sitting away).

215. To stand in respect at anyone's arrival while reading the Holy Qur'an [One can stand at the arrival of father or ustadh (teacher) ].

216. To mistrust the muslims.

217. To be proud and unconcerned.

218. To keep mum after listening to anyone's back-biting.

219. To cry by yelling or tearing clothes upon any calamity.

220. To beat the breast or break pots upon any calamity.

221. To continue leadership (Imaamat) even though people are displeased with the spiritual leader (Imam).

222. To talk during the sermons (Khutbahs) of Jumu'ah (friday) and the Eids.

223. To talk during the sermons of Nikah (marriage) and Haj.

223. To talk where the reading of Qur'an is on.

224. To talk where the preaching talk/lecture is on.

225. To talk where the reference of Allah (Dhikr) is being made.

226. To talk while reading the Hadith.

227. To throw impurity on the roof of the Masjid.

228. To make children over seven years sleep together.

229. To sleep with children over seven years.

230. To read the Qur'an in state of Janaabat (sexual impurity).

231. To read the Qur'an in state of Haidh (menstruation) or Nifaas (bleeding after child-birth).

232. To exaggerate anything.

233. To use artificial speech.

234. To spend time doing worthless things.

235. To have sexual intercourse with one's wife when she is in the state of Haidh or Nifaas.

236. To go beyond limit in merry-making.

237. To disclose anyone's secrets.

238. To be narrow-minded in fulfilling the rights of fellow beings.

239. Not to keep one's promise.

240. To cheat and play tricks with people.

241. To harbor jealousy & malice in the heart for a person because of the blessings Allah has bestowed upon him

242. Not to offer Salaah due to laziness

243. To kill one's children for fear of poverty

244. Women walking outside the home without any reason

245. Making show of beauty & talking loudly in public by the women

246. Wandering of the woman without the proper Islaimc hijaab

247. Attempts of men to see unfamiliar women

248. Attempts of women to see unfamiliar men

249. Sitting of men near the unfamilar women

250. Sitting of women near the unfamiliar men

Sins....Part 4

151. To offer salaah fifteen minutes before sun-rise.

152. To offer salaah at mid-day.

153. To offer salaah during sunset.

154. To observe fast on Eid ul Fir or Eid ul Adha.

155.. To observe fast on three days following Eid ul Adha.

156. To pass urine or sit for latrine facing the direction of the Qibla.

157. To have intercourse with one's wife without offering Kaffara (atonement) after calling her mother.

158. The travelling of a woman without a mehram.

159. To preserve the drinks and eatables in expectation of their rising prices.

160. To create obstacle in anyone's purchasing/trade.

161. To break anyone's marriage proposal.

162. To become an agent of villagers who have come to sell their goods.

163. To purchase the goods of farmers outside the town and to sell them at high prices.

164. To get oneself busy after listening to the first Azan of Jumu'ah instead of going to the masjid.

165. To hide any fault of a thing while selling it.

166. To keep any sort of wine at home.

167. To do business in wine.

168. To urinate while standing.

169. To urinate in the bathroom.

170. To urinate at the quay.

171. To steal either a small or a big thing.

172. To say Azan in the state of Janaabat (sexual impurity).

173. To enter the masjid in the state of Janaabat.

174. To stand in salaah by putting one's hand on the side of the waist.

175. Covering of the cloak in salaah which makes the movements of hands difficult.

176. To turn or twist clothes while offering salaah.

177. To shake any limbs while offering salaah without any reason.

178. To stand or sit facing the person who is offering salaah.

179. To see left, right or towards the sky in salaah.

180. To do any work without prayer in the masjid.

181. To offer Zakaah by using waste-goods.

182. To slaughter an animal from its back.

183. To eat fish which floats on water after its death. 

184. To eat rotten fish.

185. To drink the blood of halaal animal.

186. To eat the urine-bag of halal animal.

187. To eat the glands of a halaal animal.

188. To eat the urine tube of a halaal animal.

189. To eat the testicles of a halaal animal.

190. To cut an animals's ear or nose .

191. To sleep on the stomach.

192. An adult girl fixing her own marriage even though the girl's father is not denying her nikaah.

193. To give divorce to the wife when she is in the state of Haidh (menstruation).

194. To ill-treat one's wife without any reason.

195. To accept an invitation or gift from a person who has more unlawful(haraam) money than lawful(halaal) money.

196. To take crops from the land which is confiscated wrongly.

197. To take an advantage from the confiscated land.

198. To walk on the confiscated land.

199. To walk on anyone's land without permission.

200. To read the fixed Aayat (verses) of the Qur'an in salaah .

Sins....Part 3

101. To assist anyone in sins/criminal deeds.

102. To inspire anyone to commit any sin /criminal deed.

103. To play records of songs or music.

104. To sing songs for people or to make people listen to songs.

105. The singing of a woman for others.

106. To play Qawaali with music.

107. Not cutting nails or shaving pubic hair for more than 40 days.

108. To hesitate in giving anyone's necessary (fardh/wajib) right.

109. To think Hazrat Ali radiyallahu anho better than Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique radiyallahu anho or Hazrat Umar Farooq radiyallahu anho

110. To commit suicide .

111. To disfigure/harm oneself or any part of one's body.

112. To eat and drink using the left hand.

113. To deny fate.

114. To disobey one's own Amir (cheiftain).

115. To believe the words of an astrologer to be true.

116. To blame or criticise other people's creed or race.

117. To invite people or lead any one in the wrong direction.

118. To begin any custom or tradition against the Shari'ah.

119. To make sign to harm or kill anyone by showing a knife.

120. To become habitual to pique or sudden fights.

121. To become ungrateful to the benefactor.

122. To be a miser in using water.

123. To be more careless in using water.

124. To find out the secret weaknesses of people.

125. To make severe attempts to know the secret weaknesses of people.

126. To beat a drum or play a violin.

127. To play any sort of musical instrument.

128. To listen to any sort of music.

129. To say 'kafir' to a muslim.

130. Not to treat justly if one has more than one wife.

131. To use hand to fulfill one's own sexuality.

132. To do misdeed with any animal.

133. To say bad to any food.

134. To show dance to people.

135. To make a record of dancing.

136. To love the duniya (this world) more in comparison to the Deen (faith).

137. To look at another woman with a bad intention.

138. To sit in solitude with a non-related woman in the house.

139. To touch a non-related woman in solitude.

140. To tell a lie even if it does not harm anyone.

141. To climb high and peep into the house of others without reason.

142. To break relations with a Muslim for more than three days without a genuine reason.

143. To quarrel on mean matters.

144. To laugh loudly while offering salaah.

145. To cry in salaah due to the remembrance of any calamity.

146. The use of silk among men.

147. To walk proudly and showily.

148. To keep contact with a sinner or impious person.

149. To bring a mad man to the masjid.

150. To bring a baby to the masjid.