It is a muslim practice to sit sleep and even eat on the floor within rules because it is a sunnah.
Sitting on the floor to eat islam.
Ka b ibn malik states.
1 kneeling with the feet upright resting on one s heels.
5 years ago allowed.
Floor seating can be seen all over the muslim world.
These are the three postures for eating.
I heard that sunnah is an action that if you do it you are rewarded and if you don t do it then there is no sin upon you.
I have a confusion regarding sunnah.
Islamic toilet etiquette is a set of personal hygiene rules in islam followed when going to the toilet this code of muslim hygienical jurisprudence is known as qadaa al haajah.
Two knowledgeable men in usa said two different things.
So about the issue of following the prophet in details such as sitting on the floor to eat.
The only requirement of the qur an is washing of one s hands and face with pure earth if water is not available.
Non primary source needed issues of chirality bodily symmetry such as whether one uses the left or.
A sunnah is any practice by the prophet mohammad peace be upon him.
The prophet ﷺ used to eat with three fingers and lick his hand before he wiped it sahih muslim.
The question was posed to two different people here both knowledgeable one of them.
I eat just as the slave eats and i sit just as the slave sits.
Eat on the floor.
End quote from fath al baari.
It is narrated that the prophet ﷺ said.
What is mustahabb when sitting to eat is to kneel down with the top of the feet resting on the floor or to sit with the right knee up resting on the left foot.
Sahih al bukhari and muslim.
Abu ya la sahih eat with three fingers.