Seekersguidance Podcast - Islam, Islamic Knowledge, Quran, And The Guidance Of The Prophet Muhammad

In this lesson we are joined by visiting scholar, Shaykh Riad Saloojee, giving a brief overview of the Etiquettes of Eating chapter from Imam Al-Ghazali’s Ihya Ulum al-Din. This is the first chapter in the second quarter of the book, which is on acts of worship. When the heart is in tawheed of Allah through remembrance and reflection then that heart becomes beautified by certain values like patience, such that our character is the image of our heart. This is important to remember, because all the etiquettes of eating are the fruits of a beautified character. Shaykh Saloojee explains that this is the relationship between the first and second quarter of the book. Shaykh Riad asks, how then can one be engaged in remembrance when eating? [1] Mentioning Allah at the beginning and end of eating [2] Facing the food with gratitude and part of that gratitude is manifested in not wasting food [3] Thanking the host for being the means of feeding us and do not criticize the food. [4] Not to eat until satiation, or until