And prayers and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
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The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
He (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Chapter: Not to criticize food and the recommendation to praise it. Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) never criticized food. If he desired it, he ate it, and if he disliked it, he left it. Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim. And Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked his family for a condiment, and they said: We have nothing but vinegar. So he called for it, and he began to eat, saying:Sahih Muslim 2052a Narrated by Muslim".
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The author al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said in his book *Riyad al-Salihin*: "Chapter: Not to criticize food and the recommendation to praise it". Food is what is eaten or drunk. What a person should do when food is served to him is to recognize the magnitude of the favor of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) in making it easy for him, and to thank Him for that, and not to criticize it. If he desires it and is pleased with it, let him eat it; otherwise, he should not eat it, and he should not speak of it with disparagement or criticism. The evidence for this is the hadith of Abu Hurayrah who said: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) never criticized food", meaning he never criticized food in the past. "But if he desired it, he ate it, and if not, he left it", if it was permissible for him to eat it; otherwise, he left it and did not criticize it. An example of this is a man who is served dates, and the dates are of poor quality. He should not say, "These are poor dates." It is said: If you desire them, eat them; otherwise, do not eat them. As for criticizing them, when they are a favor that Allah has bestowed upon you and made easy for you, that is not fitting. Similarly, if food is cooked and served to you, but you do not like it, do not criticize it. It is said: If this cooking is permissible for you, eat it; otherwise, leave it. However, there is no harm in saying to his family, "You have added too much salt today," or "You have added too much heat," or "The food is hot," or something similar. Because this second type of statement is not a criticism of the food, but rather a reminder to the one who cooked it to pay attention to the food.
All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
He (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Chapter: Not to criticize food and the recommendation to praise it. Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) never criticized food. If he desired it, he ate it, and if he disliked it, he left it. Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim. And Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked his family for a condiment, and they said: We have nothing but vinegar. So he called for it, and he began to eat, saying:
Vinegar is a good condiment, vinegar is a good condiment.
نعم الأدم الخل، نعم الأدم الخلThe Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The author al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said in his book *Riyad al-Salihin*: "Chapter: Not to criticize food and the recommendation to praise it". Food is what is eaten or drunk. What a person should do when food is served to him is to recognize the magnitude of the favor of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) in making it easy for him, and to thank Him for that, and not to criticize it. If he desires it and is pleased with it, let him eat it; otherwise, he should not eat it, and he should not speak of it with disparagement or criticism. The evidence for this is the hadith of Abu Hurayrah who said: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) never criticized food", meaning he never criticized food in the past. "But if he desired it, he ate it, and if not, he left it", if it was permissible for him to eat it; otherwise, he left it and did not criticize it. An example of this is a man who is served dates, and the dates are of poor quality. He should not say, "These are poor dates." It is said: If you desire them, eat them; otherwise, do not eat them. As for criticizing them, when they are a favor that Allah has bestowed upon you and made easy for you, that is not fitting. Similarly, if food is cooked and served to you, but you do not like it, do not criticize it. It is said: If this cooking is permissible for you, eat it; otherwise, leave it. However, there is no harm in saying to his family, "You have added too much salt today," or "You have added too much heat," or "The food is hot," or something similar. Because this second type of statement is not a criticism of the food, but rather a reminder to the one who cooked it to pay attention to the food.