4270 - وَ رَوَى إِبْرَاهِيمُ اَلْكَرْخِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَلَيْهِمُ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ قَالَ اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "فِي اَلْمَائِدَةِ اِثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ خَصْلَةً يَجِبُ عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ أَنْ يَعْرِفَهَا أَرْبَعٌ مِنْهَا فَرْضٌ وَ أَرْبَعٌ سُنَّةٌ وَ أَرْبَعٌ تَأْدِيبٌ فَأَمَّا اَلْفَرْضُ فَالْمَعْرِفَةُ وَ اَلرِّضَا وَ اَلتَّسْمِيَةُ وَ اَلشُّكْرُ وَ أَمَّا اَلسُّنَّةُ فَالْوُضُوءُ قَبْلَ اَلطَّعَامِ وَ اَلْجُلُوسُ عَلَى اَلْجَانِبِ اَلْأَيْسَرِ وَ اَلْأَكْلُ بِثَلاَثِ أَصَابِعَ وَ لَعْقُ اَلْأَصَابِعِ وَ أَمَّا اَلتَّأْدِيبُ فَالْأَكْلُ مِمَّا يَلِيكَ وَ تَصْغِيرُ اَللُّقْمَةِ وَ تَجْوِيدُ اَلْمَضْغِ وَ قِلَّةُ اَلنَّظَرِ فِي وُجُوهِ اَلنَّاسِ".
Hadith.4270 - Ibrahim al-Karkhi narrated from Abu Abdillah 
, from his fathers (peace be upon them), who said: Imam Hasan ibn Ali said:
"There are twelve qualities related to the dining table that every Muslim must know, four of them are obligatory, four are recommended practices (Sunnah), and four are etiquettes:
As for the obligatory ones, they are: recognition (of Allah (swt)), contentment, mentioning the name of Allah (swt) (Bismillah), and gratitude.
As for the recommended practices, they are: performing ablution before eating, sitting on the left side, eating with three fingers, and licking the fingers.
As for the etiquettes, they are: eating from what is directly in front of you, taking small bites, chewing well, and avoiding looking at people's faces."
