النهي عن النفخ في الإناء

Not Breathing or Blowing into Food or Drink

Therapeutic Practice Hygiene & Prevention

A prohibition on breathing into a cup while drinking from it or blowing directly onto food or drink to cool it.

hasan graded

نَهَى أَنْ يُتَنَفَّسَ فِي الْإِنَاءِ أَوْ يُنْفَخَ فِيهِ

“He forbade breathing into a vessel [while drinking] or blowing into it.” (meaning, not a literal translation)

Sunan Abi Dawud 3728; Sunan al-Tirmidhi 1888 Hasan

Ibn al-Qayyim's Commentary

Commentators read this straightforwardly as hygiene — avoiding the transfer of saliva and breath-borne particles into shared food and drink, a principle modern food safety fully endorses.

Caution

None; consistent with modern food-safety guidance.