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ahmad:13943Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ forbade drinking while standing. I said, "What about eating?" He said, "That is even more intense."  

أحمد:١٣٩٤٣حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ حَدَّثَنِي قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى عَنِ الشُّرْبِ قَائِمًا قَالَ قُلْتُ فَالْأَكْلُ؟ قَالَ ذَاكَ أَشَدُّ  


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muslim:2024bMuḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas

that Allah's Apostle ( ﷺ) forbade that a person should drink while standing. Qatada reported: We said to him: What about eating? Thereupon he (Anas) said: That is even worse and more detestable (abominable).  

مسلم:٢٠٢٤bحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ نَهَى أَنْ يَشْرَبَ الرَّجُلُ قَائِمًا قَالَ قَتَادَةُ فَقُلْنَا فَالأَكْلُ فَقَالَ ذَاكَ أَشَرُّ أَوْ أَخْبَثُ  

tirmidhi:1879Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Anas

From Anas: "The Prophet ﷺ prohibited that a man should drink while standing." (Qatadah said:) So it was said: "And eating ?" He (Anas) said: "That is worse."  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Sahih.
الترمذي:١٨٧٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى أَنْ يَشْرَبَ الرَّجُلُ قَائِمًا فَقِيلَ الأَكْلُ قَالَ ذَاكَ أَشَدُّ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ahmad:13618ʿAffān > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik > Nabī Allāh ﷺ Zajar > al-Shurb Qāʾim > And al-Akl

[Machine] The Prophet of Allah ﷺ forbade drinking while standing, so I said, "What about eating?" He replied, "It is worse and more impure."  

أحمد:١٣٦١٨حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ زَجَرَ عَنِ الشُّرْبِ قَائِمًا قَالَ فَقُلْتُ فَالْأَكْلُ قَالَ أَشَرُّ وَأَخْبَثُ  

ahmad:13062ʿAbd al-Wāḥid > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] It was narrated that the Prophet ﷺ prohibited drinking while standing and he was asked, "What about eating?" He replied, "That is even worse or more harmful."  

أحمد:١٣٠٦٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ زَجَرَ عَنِ الشُّرْبِ قَائِمًا قَالَ فَقِيلَ لِأَنَسٍ فَالْأَكْلُ؟ قَالَ ذَاكَ أَشَدُّ أَوْ أَشَرُّ  

ahmad:12871Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade drinking while standing. I said, "What about eating?" He said, "That is even more reprehensible."  

أحمد:١٢٨٧١حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنِ الشُّرْبِ قَائِمًا قُلْتُ فَالْأَكْلُ؟ قَالَ ذَاكَ أَشَدُّ  

darimi:2173Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ forbade drinking while standing. [Someone] said, "I asked him about eating", and he replied, "That is even worse."  

الدارمي:٢١٧٣أَخْبَرَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «نَهَى عَنِ الشُّرْبِ قَائِمًا» قَالَ وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْأَكْلِ قَالَ ذَاكَ أَخْبَثُ  

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنِ الشَّيْءِ الَّذِي يُبِيحُهُ الْفِعْلُ الَّذِي ذَكَرْنَاهُ قَبْلُ

ibnhibban:5321Abū Yaʿlá > Hudbah b. Khālid > Hammām b. Yaḥyá > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

Anas reported Allah's Apostle ﷺ disapproved the drinking of water while standing. (Using translation from Muslim 2024a)   

ابن حبّان:٥٣٢١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

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