Messengers عَـلَـيْهِمُ السَّلَام. (Mu’jam Awsat, vol. 5, p. 231, Hadees 7166)

   ۔2The Holy Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated: The one who desires that Allah Almighty increases wellbeing in his home, he should perform Wudu when food is presented and also when it is taken away. (Ibn-e-Majah, vol. 4, p. 9, Hadees 3260)

   ۔3The Holy Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated: Performing Wudu before eating is one virtue, and performing Wudu after eating is two virtues. (Jami’-us-Sagheer, p. 574, Hadees 9682)

   ۔4The Holy Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated: Wudu (i.e. to wash hands and the front part of the mouth) before and after eating expands sustenance and distances Satan. (Kanz-ul-Ummal, juzz 8, vol. 15, p. 106, Hadees 40755)

   ۔5The Holy Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated: The way of attaining blessings in food is to perform Wudu (i.e. washing both hands up to the wrists) before it (i.e. eating) and after it (i.e. eating). (Tirmizi, vol. 3, p. 334, Hadees 1853, selected)

Dear Islamic brothers! The summary of the aforementioned Ahadees is that the Wudu of eating removes dependency, it is the Sunnah of the Noble Prophets عَـلَـيْهِمُ السَّلَام, it increases goodness in one’s home, one gains one virtue before eating and two virtues after eating through its blessings, Satan is distanced and it is a means of attaining blessings in food.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                            صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! Keep the following in mind here: The meaning of Wudu for eating is not the same Wudu as made for Salah, rather, it means to wash both hands up to the wrists, washing the front part of the mouth and rinsing your mouth.

A summary of what Hakeem-ul-Ummah, Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states is: In the Torah, it was commanded to wash both hands and rinse the mouth before and after eating, but the mischievous people of that nation altered it and removed the initial washing and kept the washing of the hands after eating. The reason for the command of washing the hands and mouth