Jinn Drinking With You?

“The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) saw a man drinking standing up. He said to him, ‘Hah!’ The man asked, ‘What’s the matter?’ He said, ‘Would you like it if a cat drank with you.’ He said, ‘No.’ He (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, ‘Someone worse than that was drinking with you – the Shaytaan.’” [Ahmad; Majma al-Zawaa’id]

The Shaytaan drinks with a person if he drinks standing up. Sit down to drink.

Source: dailyhadith.adaptivesolutionsinc.com

Islamic way of drinking water

The other day when I was drinking water I did not sit and rather took a sip while standing. My friend saw me and pop came a comment from her saying why are you not following your Islamic way of drinking water? She then questioned me why do we drink water while sitting. 

This gave me a thought of sharing this on my blog.
We all are aware of the Islamic way of drinking water is as follows-

Pray “Bismillah” and drink with your right hand as the devil drinks and eats with the left hand.
To sit down and drink.
Drink by taking three separate sips not all at once.
Whilst drinking, suck the drink and do not make a noise.
Do not blow into any drink for cooling.
Say “Alhamdulillah” after drinking.
It is not permissible to throw away any left over drink. 

Always cover the water that is left in a glass, jug or pot