غسل اليدين قبل الطعام وبعده

Washing Hands Before and After Meals

Therapeutic Practice Hygiene & PreventionDigestive & Stomach

A hygiene practice distinct from the existing 'washing hands after waking' entry — washing before and after eating specifically, tied by the hadith to blessing in one's provision.

daif graded

مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُبَسَّطَ لَهُ فِي رِزْقِهِ ... فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ عِنْدَ طَعَامِهِ

“Whoever wishes to have his provision expanded... let him perform ablution (wash the hands) at his meal.” (meaning, not a literal translation)

Jami' al-Tirmidhi 1846 Da'if (weak chain — included for its established place in the hygiene practices of the tradition)

Ibn al-Qayyim's Commentary

Later commentators read this alongside general Prophetic table manners — eating with the right hand, starting with Bismillah — as part of a coherent hygiene-and-etiquette framework around meals.

Caution

A straightforward, low-cost hygiene habit with no downside.