· In the end, in obedience to the Sunnaĥ I will lick my fingers thrice, and the plate. (If there are bits and pieces of food even after three licks, then I will continue licking until the food particles are completely eaten).
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
· If I have a chance, I will make everyone recite the Du’ā before and after having a meal.
· If there is a scholar or an elderly person at the dining-mat, I will not start eating before him.
· Refraining from greed, I will sacrifice the best parts of the food, such as the tender steak or fillet, etc., to others.
· If possible, I will recite ‘يَـا وَاجِدُ’ loudly before every morsel with the intention to remind others to recite it, as well as to make the things around me a witness to it.
· I will not get up from the dining-mat until the mat is lifted. C I will not stop eating until everyone else has finished. If I need to stop early, I will act upon the Ḥadīš and apologise to others for this act.[1]
[1] Based upon this Ḥadīš scholars say that if someone has a habit of eating less, then he should eat slowly taking small amount of food, and despite this if he still does not manage to stay with the rest, he should then apologise so that the others do not feel embarrassed. (Baĥār-e-Sharī’at, vol. 3, pp. 367)