لَىٕنْ شَكَرْتُمْ لَاَزِیْدَنَّكُمْ وَ لَىٕنْ كَفَرْتُمْ اِنَّ عَذَابِیْ لَشَدِیْدٌ(۷)

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: And remember when your Lord proclaimed, ‘If you are grateful, I will give you more, and if you are ungrateful, then My punishment is severe.’ (Part. 13, Surah Al-Ibraheem, Ayah 27)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Non-appreciation of sustenance and its harm

Expressing deep regret for the disrespect and waste of sustenance in the current era, Shaykh-e-Tareeqat, Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, founder of Dawat-e-Islami, ‘Allamah, Maulana, Abu Bilal, Muhammad Ilyas ‘Attar Qaadiri Razavi دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـه says: ‘Disrespect and waste of food are common in virtually every home. Whether it is a billionaire living in a mansion or a labourer living in a simple hut, both are equally careless in this regard. A variety of food is wasted in weddings as well as leftover gravy, rice and other food particles are مَـعَـاذَ الـلّٰـه عَـزَّوَجَـلَّ put down the drain while dishes are being washed at homes. Only if we had kept an eye on this great cause of poverty and saved food from being wasted. Because food is such a blessing that respecting it has been commanded by the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.

The mother of believers, Sayyidatuna ‘Aaishah Siddiqah رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهَا has said: The Beloved and Blessed Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم entered his blessed home and saw a piece of bread lying [on the ground]. He صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم picked it up, cleaned it and then ate it. He صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم then said, ‘يَا عَائِشَةُ اَكْرِمِيْ كَرِيْمًا فَاِنَّهَا مَا نَفَرَتْ عَنْ قَوْمٍ قَطُّ فَعَادَت اِلَيْهِمْ’ O ‘Aaishah (رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهَا)! Honour the good thing as this thing (i.e. bread) has not returned to any nation once it turned away from it.’ (Sunan Ibn Majah, vol. 4, pp. 49, Hadees 3353)

Therefore, we should highly appreciate the great blessing of food. In addition to this, we should also follow Sunnahs and manners of eating while eating